Mortify
['mɔːtɪfaɪ] or ['mɔrtɪfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) hold within limits and control; 'subdue one's appetites'; 'mortify the flesh'.
(verb.) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.
Inputed by Bobbie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
(v. t.) To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
(v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
(v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
(v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
(v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
(v. i.) To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Gangrene, gangrenate.[2]. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble.[3]. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down.
v. n. Gangrene, lose vitality.
Typed by Andy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deaden, subdue, master, vex, disappoint, annoy, rot, fester, humble, abash,chagrin, displace, putrefy
ANT:Feed, pamper, indulge, plea?e, gratify, delight, satisfy, heal, recover
Typist: Millie
Definition
v.t. to destroy the vital functions of: to subdue by severities and penance: to vex: to humble: (Scots law) to dispose of by mortification.—v.i. to lose vitality to gangrene: to be subdued:—pa.t. and pa.p. mor′tified.—ns. Mortificā′tion act of mortifying or state of being mortified: the death of one part of an animal body: a bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living: humiliation: vexation: that which mortifies or vexes: (Scots law) a bequest to some charitable institution; Mor′tifiedness subjugation of the passions; Mor′tifier one who mortifies.—adj. Mor′tifying tending to mortify or humble: humiliating: vexing.
Editor: Robert
Examples
- I have studied how best to mortify in them the worldly sentiment of pride; and, only the other day, I had a pleasing proof of my success. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To say our orisons, fool, answered the Pilgrim, to repent our sins, and to mortify ourselves with fastings, vigils, and long prayers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is too ridiculous that such a girl as Thomasin could so mortify us as to get jilted on the wedding day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The time has gone by, when you could mortify me by calling me a jilt. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We retired from the debate which had followed on his nomination: we, his nominators, mortified; he dispirited to excess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- To be sure, said Harriet, in a mortified voice, he is not so genteel as real gentlemen. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That is very true, replied Elizabeth, and I could easily forgive _his_ pride, if he had not mortified _mine_. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It was odd to have summoned him in that way, and then forgotten him; but Archer felt more curious than mortified. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She patronized Lady Gaunt and her astonished and mortified sister-in-law--she ecrased all rival charmers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I should be mortified indeed if I did not believe I had been of some use; but it is not every body who will bestow praise where they may. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But this was enough to wear off the shyness on her side, and any symptoms of mortified pride and vanity on his. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This is mortifying. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And to her the consciousness of having exceeded in words was peculiarly mortifying. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We had better put an end to this most mortifying conference. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We had got well out on the country road, when a somewhat mortifying incident occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more horrible than the men. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I dined twice in Wimpole Street, and might have been there oftener, but it is mortifying to be with Rushworth as a brother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It mortifies me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I ought to have read more, for I find I don't know anything, and it mortifies me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Nothing causes greater vanity than any shining quality in our relations; as nothing mortifies us more than their vice or infamy. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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