mortify

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verb

1. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
• Derivationally related forms:
mortification
• Hypernyms:
subdue, crucify, discipline, train, check, condition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. undergo necrosis
- the tissue around the wound necrosed
• Syn:
necrose, gangrene, sphacelate
• Derivationally related forms:
sphacelus (for: sphacelate), mortification, gangrene (for: gangrene)
• Hypernyms:
waste, rot
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody's (body part) ----s
3. hold within limits and control
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
• Syn:
subdue, crucify
• Derivationally related forms:
mortification
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Entailment:
abstain, refrain, desist
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
abasement (for: abase), chagrin (for: chagrin), mortification, humiliation (for: humiliate)
• Hypernyms:
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
• Hyponyms:
crush, smash, demolish, take down, degrade,
disgrace, demean, put down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to mortify Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  necrose, gangrene, sphacelate, humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase, subdue, crucify