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The correct spelling is mortifies.
How to pronounce mortifies
verb
Say it like: Mor-tif-ees
The correct spelling is mortifies. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. For example: "Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."
Usage Examples
“Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.”
“I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- 2.(usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
- 3.To kill.
- 4.To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
- 5.To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
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