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Meanings of mortify in English

Portuguese
humilhar-se
Catalan
apocar
Spanish
humillar

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.

        humilhar-se
        Catalan
        necrosi

        Undergo necrosis.

              necrosi
              Spanish
              dominar

              Hold within limits and control.

                    dominar

                    To destroy somebody's confidence or happiness; to humiliate.

                          Usage of mortify in English
                          1
                          Paine did not hesitate to mortify both these failings in his fellow-men.
                          The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 / A Maga...
                          2
                          Though I showed nothing of it, it served only to mortify me.
                          The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
                          3
                          She looked around her with disdainful eyes, eager to mortify the painter.
                          Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
                          4
                          Now, I do not ask you to restrain and mortify these things.
                          Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
                          5
                          She'd like to know what there was about her to mortify anybody?
                          Family Pride; Or, Purified by Suffering
                          6
                          Making this public would just mortify his mother and embarrass the women.
                          Chocolate chip cookie murder
                          7
                          I shall mortify him; but that is a trifle compared with actual misery.
                          Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
                          8
                          We are to mortify the flesh and thwart the carnal mind.
                          He Fell in Love with His Wife
                          9
                          But she passed the matter over in silence, not caring to mortify him.
                          The Adventures of Maya the Bee
                          10
                          If you mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.
                          The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
                          11
                          The effect of this misfortune was to mortify and infuriate them.
                          Caesar: A Sketch
                          12
                          His application was received coldly, and in a way to mortify him exceedingly.
                          Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches
                          13
                          Such was the man who was to mortify the pride of Fitzgerald Fletcher.
                          Risen from the Ranks; Or, Harry Walton's Success
                          14
                          And to mortify the wife would be to act as a heartless scoundrel.
                          The Far Horizon
                          15
                          I am afraid, but it is right to mortify the spirit.
                          Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
                          16
                          They will rob me of the very qualities that mortify them.
                          The Duchesse of Langeais
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                          Translations for mortify
                          Mortify through the time
                          Mortify across language varieties
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