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mortify (48 synonym found)

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abash

break up

bring down

canker

cast down

castigate

chagrin

chasten

confound

corrupt

crumble

crumble into dust

decay

decompose

deflate

discomfit

discompose

disconcert

downgrade

embarrass

fall into decay

fall to pieces

fester

gangrene

go bad

go to pieces

let down

mildew

mold

molder

necrose

punish

put down

put out

put to shame

putrefy

putresce

rankle

rebuff

rot

sphacelate

spoil

subdue

subjugate

suppress

suppurate

throw into confusion

upset

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Definition of mortify:

(v) : to embarrass; to discipline oneself by suppressing desires

"some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body. I wonder if such ascetics are masochists?"

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Definition of mortify:

(v) : to embarrass; to discipline oneself by suppressing desires

"some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body. I wonder if such ascetics are masochists?"

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