mortify
US: /ˈmɔɹtɪˌfaɪ/
UK: /mˈɔːtɪfˌaɪ/
UK: /mˈɔːtɪfˌaɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mortify /'mɔ:tifai/
- ngoại động từ
- hành xác
- làm nhục, làm cho xấu hổ, làm mất thể diện
- nội động từ
- (y học) bị thối hoại
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(mortifies, mortifying, mortified, mortified) [usually passive] to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed: [VN to inf] She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. [also VN, VN that]
mortification noun [U]: Imagine my mortification when I found out.
mortifying adjective: How mortifying to have to apologize to him!
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 humiliate, shame, humble, embarrass, abash, chagrin, rebuff, crush, discomfit, deflate, bring down, degrade, downgrade, reduce, chasten, subdue, suppress, make someone eat humble pie, teach someone his or her place, Colloq put down:
She was mortified to learn that she had been disqualified.
2 punish, castigate, discipline, control, subdue, subjugate:
Repentance was considered insufficient penance, so the flagellants mortified the flesh with scourges
3 gangrene, fester, necrose, putrefy, rot, decompose, decay, putresce:
After a fortnight, the flesh mortifies and falls away.
Concise English dictionary
mortified|mortifies|mortifying'mɔrtɪfaɪ /'mɔː-
verb
+practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
+hold within limits and control
+cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
+undergo necrosis
