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Showing words for MORTIFY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Mortify

formity, mortify

5 Letter Words for Mortify

formy, forty, mifty, moity, motif, rifty, timor

4 Letter Words for Mortify

firm, firy, form, fort, frim, frit, from, frot, itmo, miro, miry, mity, moir, moit, mort, myrt, omit, rift, rimy, riot, roit, roti, royt, ryot, tori, trim, trio, troy, tyro, yirm, ymir

3 Letter Words for Mortify

fir, fit, fmt, for, fot, foy, fri, fro, frt, fry, imf, imo, iof, iyo, mfr, mir, mit, moi, mor, mot, moy, mri, oft, orf, ort, ory, rif, rim, rio, rit, roi, rom, rot, rti, tfr, tim, toi, tom, tor, toy, trf, tri, trm, try, tyr, yoi, yom, yor, yot

Definitions for Mortify

[1] to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
[2] to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
[3] Pathology . to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
[4] to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
[5] Pathology . to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.
[6] (tr) to humiliate or cause to feel shame
[7] (tr) Christianity to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc
[8] (intr) to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous

Words related to Mortify

annoy, disgrace, subdue, displease, chagrin, deflate, confound, vex, humiliate, control, discomfit, deny, ridicule, affront, chasten, belittle, humble, harass, crush, shame

Words nearby Mortify

mortgagor, mortice, mortician, mortiferous, mortification, mortify, mortimer, mortise, mortise block, mortise chisel, mortise joint

Origin of Mortify

1350–1400; Middle English mortifien < Middle French mortifier < Late Latin mortificāre “to put to death,” equivalent to Latin morti- (stem of mors ) “death” + -ficāre -fy

Other words from Mortify

mor·ti·fied·ly , adverb
mor·ti·fi·er , noun
mor·ti·fy·ing·ly , adverb
pre·mor·ti·fy , verb (used with object), pre·mor·ti·fied, pre·mor·ti·fy·ing.
un·mor·ti·fied , adjective

Word origin for Mortify

C14: via Old French from Church Latin mortificāre to put to death, from Latin mors death + facere to do

Synonyms for Mortify

annoy, chagrin, confound, deflate, disgrace, displease, humiliate, subdue, vex, abase, abash, affront, belittle, chasten, control, crush, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomfit, harass, humble, ridicule, shame, worry, get one's comeuppance, put to shame, take down a peg, take the wind out