1. (verb)mortify practice self-denial of one's body and appetites Synonyms: subdue, humiliate, gangrene, chagrin, necrose, crucify, sphacelate, humble, abase
2. (verb)mortify, subdue, crucify hold within limits and control Synonyms: chasten, get over, master, inhibit, conquer, pillory, quash, humble, surmount, frustrate, bedevil, suppress, abase, chagrin, savage, keep down, dun, gangrene, torment, crucify, subjugate, sphacelate, humiliate, reduce, curb, stamp down, subordinate, tame, necrose, mortify, rag, blast, overcome, subdue, repress
3. (verb)humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of Synonyms: subdue, humiliate, gangrene, chagrin, necrose, crucify, mortify, sphacelate, humble, abase
1. mortify Any sense of inferiority abashes, with or without the sense of wrong. The poor are abashed at the splendor of wealth, the ignorant at the learning of the wise. "I might have been abashed by the Synonyms: abash, bewilder, daunt, embarrass, mortify, chagrin, discompose, humble, overawe, confound, disconcert, humiliate, shame, confuse, dishearten Antonyms: animate, cheer, encourage, rally, buoy, embolden, inspirit, uphold
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