Mortification
[,mɔːtɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
Definition
(noun.) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself).
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Definition
(n.) The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
(n.) The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.
(n.) Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
(n.) Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.
(n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
(n.) That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
(n.) A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. (Med.) Gangrene, SPHACELUS, NECROSIS.[2]. Discontent, dissatisfaction, displeasure, vexation, chagrin, disappointment.[3]. Humiliation, self-abasement, self-denial.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you feel mortified over any deed committed by yourself, is a sign that you will be placed in an unenviable position before those to whom you most wish to appear honorable and just. Financial conditions will fall low. To see mortified flesh, denotes disastrous enterprises and disappointment in love.
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Examples
- If that were true, Celia, my giving-up would be self-indulgence, not self-mortification. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This was a matter of diversion to my master and his family, as well as of mortification to myself. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Rosamond's cheeks by this time were persistently burning, and she felt much mortification. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Particularly significant are the stories that represent him as discouraging extreme mortification. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were combined only of anger against herself, mortification, and deep concern. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He was a coward, from head to foot; and showed his dastardly nature through his sullenness and mortification, as much as at any time of his mean life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And moreover, she was afraid her hands were too large, she shrank from the mortification of a failure to put them on any but her little finger. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As she hurried to Mrs. Boucher's, she heard the clang, and it seemed to fill up the measure of her mortification. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Firstly, it's enough to have been done, without the mortification of being known to have been done. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I meant to take her away from the mortification she was suffering here. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I tried both ways, and when it came to a sniff or utter mortification and woe, he just threw the grammar on to the floor and marched out of the room. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mrs. Weston said no more; and Emma could imagine with what surprize and mortification she must be returning to her seat. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The first two dances, however, brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What is the trifling mortification of my pride compared to the dreadful sacrifice of your happiness? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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