mortify
[verb]
Synonyms:
- humiliate, chagrin, chasten, crush, deflate, embarrass, humble, shame
- discipline, abase, chasten, control, deny, subdue
- putrefy, deaden, die, fester

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mor‧ti‧fy /ˈmɔːtəfaɪ, ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ $ ˈmɔːr-/ verb (past tense and past participle mortified, present participle mortifying, third person singular mortifies) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: mortifier, from Latin mors; ⇒ mortal¹]

1. to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed

2. mortify the flesh/yourself formal to try to control your natural physical desires and needs by making your body suffer pain
—mortifying adjective

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