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Synonyms for mortifying in English

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  1. mortifying:
  2. mortify:

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Detailed Synonyms for mortifying in English

mortifying:

mortifying adj

  1. mortifying
    – causing awareness of your shortcomings 1
    humiliating; humbling; mortifying; demeaning
    – causing awareness of your shortcomings 1
  2. mortifying
    – causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation 1
    embarrassing; mortifying
    – causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation 1
    • embarrassing adj
      • the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles1
    • mortifying adj
      • it was mortifying to know he had heard every word1

Alternate Synonyms for "mortifying":


Related Definitions for "mortifying":

  1. causing awareness of your shortcomings1
  2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation1
    • it was mortifying to know he had heard every word1

mortifying form of mortify:

mortify

  1. mortify
    mortify

to mortify verb (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)

  1. to mortify
    – undergo necrosis 1
    gangrene; to mortify; necrose; sphacelate
    – undergo necrosis 1
  2. to mortify
    – cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of 1
    to humble; to humiliate; chagrin; to abase; to mortify
    – cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of 1
    • humble verb (humbles, humbled, humbling)
    • humiliate verb (humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)
      • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss1
    • chagrin verb
    • abase verb (abases, abased, abasing)
    • mortify verb (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)
  3. to mortify
    – hold within limits and control 1
    to subdue; to crucify; to mortify
    – hold within limits and control 1
    • subdue verb (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
      • subdue one's appetites1
    • crucify verb (crucifies, crucified, crucifying)
    • mortify verb (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)
      • mortify the flesh1
  4. to mortify
    – practice self-denial of one's body and appetites 1
    to mortify
    – practice self-denial of one's body and appetites 1
    • mortify verb (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)

Conjugations for mortify:

present
  1. mortify
  2. mortify
  3. mortifies
  4. mortify
  5. mortify
  6. mortify
simple past
  1. mortified
  2. mortified
  3. mortified
  4. mortified
  5. mortified
  6. mortified
present perfect
  1. have mortified
  2. have mortified
  3. has mortified
  4. have mortified
  5. have mortified
  6. have mortified
past continuous
  1. was mortifying
  2. were mortifying
  3. was mortifying
  4. were mortifying
  5. were mortifying
  6. were mortifying
future
  1. shall mortify
  2. will mortify
  3. will mortify
  4. shall mortify
  5. will mortify
  6. will mortify
continuous present
  1. am mortifying
  2. are mortifying
  3. is mortifying
  4. are mortifying
  5. are mortifying
  6. are mortifying
subjunctive
  1. be mortified
  2. be mortified
  3. be mortified
  4. be mortified
  5. be mortified
  6. be mortified
diverse
  1. mortify!
  2. let's mortify!
  5. mortified
  6. mortifying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "mortify":


Alternate Synonyms for "mortify":


Related Definitions for "mortify":

  1. undergo necrosis1
  2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of1
  3. hold within limits and control1
    • mortify the flesh1
  4. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites1







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