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mortifying
Overview of verb mortify
The verb mortify has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. mortify -- (practice self-denial of one's body and appetites)
2. mortify, subdue, cricify -- (hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh")
3. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")
4. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate -- (undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed")
Overview of adj mortifying
The adj mortifying has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embarrassing, mortifying -- (causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word")
2. demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")
Antonyms of verb mortify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mortify
4 senses of mortify
Sense 1
mortify
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
=> discipline, train, check, condition
=> develop, make grow
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
=> waste, rot
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
=> worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mortify
2 of 4 senses of mortify
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> mortify
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> crush, smash, demolish
=> take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mortify
4 senses of mortify
Sense 1
mortify
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> discipline, train, check, condition
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
=> waste, rot
'Cause To' of verb mortify
Derived Forms of verb mortify
4 senses of mortify
Sense 1
mortify
RELATED TO>(noun) mortification#4
=> mortification
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
RELATED TO>(noun) mortification#4
=> mortification
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
RELATED TO>(noun) mortification#1
=> chagrin, humiliation, mortification
RELATED TO>(noun) mortification#3
=> humiliation, mortification
Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
RELATED TO>(noun) mortification#2
=> necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
Domain of verb mortify
Domain Terms of verb mortify
Familiarity of verb mortify
mortify used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb mortify
4 senses of mortify
Sense 1
mortify
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
EX: The performance is likely to mortify Sue
Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
*> Somebody's (body part) ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb mortify
4 senses of mortify
Sense 1
mortify
> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> mortify
> discipline, train, check, condition
=> mortify
Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
=> diss, insult, affront
=> lacerate
=> sting
=> humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
> waste, rot
=> necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb mortify
Sense 1
mortify
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> discipline, train, check, condition
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Sense 2
mortify, subdue, cricify
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 3
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
=> hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
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Sense 4
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
=> waste, rot
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Grep of verb mortify
mortify
Antonyms of adj mortifying
2 senses of mortifying
Sense 1
embarrassing, mortifying
INDIRECT (VIA unpleasant) -> pleasant
Sense 2
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
INDIRECT (VIA undignified) -> dignified
Similarity of adj mortifying
2 senses of mortifying
Sense 1
embarrassing, mortifying
=> unpleasant (vs. pleasant)
Sense 2
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
=> undignified (vs. dignified)
Pertainyms of adj mortifying
Attributes of adj mortifying
Domain of adj mortifying
Domain Terms of adj mortifying
Familiarity of adj mortifying
mortifying used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj mortifying
mortifying
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