mortify
- IPA[ˈmôrdəˌfī]
美式
- cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated；subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline
verb: mortify, 3rd person present: mortifies, gerund or present participle: mortifying, past tense: mortified, past participle: mortified
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated he was suitably mortified by his own idiocy I'm mortified that an editorial error was introduced into the copy 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline they wish to return to heaven by mortifying the flesh 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis the cut in Henry's arm had mortified 同義詞 反義詞
