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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   mortify

   • IPA[ˈmôrdəˌfī]

   美式

   • v.
     cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated；subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline

   • verb: mortify, 3rd person present: mortifies, gerund or present participle: mortifying, past tense: mortified, past participle: mortified

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated he was suitably mortified by his own idiocy I'm mortified that an editorial error was introduced into the copy 同義詞 embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, shame, discomfit, ... 更多abash, horrify, appall, crush反義詞 be pleased, be proud
   • 2. subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline they wish to return to heaven by mortifying the flesh 同義詞 subdue, suppress, subjugate, control, restrain, ... 更多get under control, discipline, chasten, punish, deny反義詞 indulge
   • 3. (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis the cut in Henry's arm had mortified 同義詞 become gangrenous, fester, putrefy, gangrene, rot, ... 更多decay, decompose, rarenecrose, sphacelate反義詞 heal