Found 3 items, similar to mortify.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: mortify membuat malu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mortify mortify v 1: practice self-denial of one's body and appetites 2: hold within limits and control; “subdue one's appetites”; “mortify the flesh” [syn: subdue, cricify] 3: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss” [syn: humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase] 4: undergo necrosis; “the tissue around the wound necrosed” [syn: necrose, gangrene, sphacelate] [also: mortified]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mortify Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortifying.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.] 1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. [1913 Webster] 2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] He mortified pearls in vinegar. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster] 3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble; as, to mortify the flesh. [1913 Webster] With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. --Harte. [1913 Webster] Mortify thy learned lust. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth. --Col. iii. 5. [1913 Webster] 4. To affect with vexation, chagrin; to depress. [1913 Webster] The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought! --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To humiliate deeply, especially by injuring the pride of; to embarrass painfully; to humble; as, the team was mortified to lose by 45 to 0. [1913 Webster + PJC] Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. i. 1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene. [1913 Webster] 2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline. [1913 Webster] This makes him . . . give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify. --Law. [1913 Webster] 3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc. [1913 Webster]