Search Result:mortifying
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 mortifying
The adj mortifying has 2 senses
- embarrassing, mortifying -- (causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word")
- demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")