Search Result:mortified
Overview of verb mortify
The verb mortify has 4 senses
- mortify -- (practice self-denial of one's body and appetites)
- mortify, subdue, crucify -- (hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh")
- humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")
- necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate -- (undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed")
Overview of adj mortified
The adj mortified has 2 senses
- gangrenous, mortified -- (suffering from tissue death)
- embarrassed, humiliated, mortified -- (made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister")