Meaning
- (verb) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. “Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.”
- (verb) (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. “I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.”
- (verb) To kill.
- (verb) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
- (verb) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
- (verb) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
- (verb) To grant in mortmain.
- (verb) To lose vitality.
- (verb) To gangrene.
- (verb) To be subdued.
Letter breakdown
- Mortify contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 15.
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- abetted
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- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
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- moraine
- moraines
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- morale
- moralist
- moralistic
- moralists
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- moralized
- moralizes
- moralizing
- morally
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Reader questions
What does Mortify mean?
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
How many letters are in Mortify?
Mortify has 7 letters.
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