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mortify (48 synonym found)

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discomfit

go bad

subdue

decay

spoil

embarrass

crumble

confound

abash

fester

putrefy

mold

let down

putresce

deflate

gangrene

go to pieces

put out

downgrade

upset

discompose

mildew

break up

castigate

molder

chasten

put down

cast down

crumble into dust

disconcert

sphacelate

bring down

suppress

corrupt

fall into decay

rot

put to shame

rebuff

necrose

subjugate

decompose

rankle

chagrin

throw into confusion

canker

fall to pieces

suppurate

punish

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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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