mortifying

Speech parts

1. mortifying - Noun

2. mortifying - Adjective

3. mortifying - Verb

5. mortifying - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Mortify

Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.

Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances.

Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.

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Examples

Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated. John Climacus

Sometimes the things that come out of my mouth are mortifying. Natasha Lyonne

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after. Moon Unit Zappa

It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire. Jane Austen

Our conjectures pass upon us for truths; we will know what we do not know, and often, what we cannot know: so mortifying to our pride is the base suspicion of ignorance. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? Logan Pearsall Smith

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