Definition of mortify Mortify

/mɔˈɹtɪfajˌ/ - [mortifay] - mor•ti•fy

We found 15 definitions of mortify from 5 different sources.

What does mortify mean?

Verb mortifies, mortifying, mortified
mortify - hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
		subdue, crucify
		hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
		mortify hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
		crucify, mortify, subdue kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
		discipline, condition, train, check punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
		humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase
		spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
		demolish, crush, smash defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
		demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
mortify - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
		necrose, gangrene, sphacelate
		rot, waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

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mortify (Verb)
To discipline one's body, appetites etc. by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
mortify (Verb)
To grant in mortmain.

mortify (v. t.)
To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
mortify (v. t.)
To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
mortify (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.
mortify (v. t.)
To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
mortify (v. i.)
To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
mortify (v. i.)
To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
mortify (v. i.)
To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.