mortified
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
mortified
adj 1: suffering from tissue death [syn: {gangrenous},
{mortified}]
2: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride;
"too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the
street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work";
"felt mortified by the comparison with her sister" [syn:
{embarrassed}, {humiliated}, {mortified}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mortified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Mortifying}.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L.
mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to
make. See {Mortal}, and {-fy}.]
1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to
produce gangrene in.
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2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon.
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He mortified pearls in vinegar. --Hakewill.
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3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal
affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring
into subjection; to abase; to humble; as, to mortify the
flesh.
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With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
--Harte.
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Mortify thy learned lust. --Prior.
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Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the
earth. --Col. iii. 5.
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4. To affect with vexation, chagrin; to depress.
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The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which
exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn.
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How often is the ambitious man mortified with the
very praises he receives, if they do not rise so
high as he thinks they ought! --Addison.
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5. To humiliate deeply, especially by injuring the pride of;
to embarrass painfully; to humble; as, the team was
mortified to lose by 45 to 0.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "mortified":
abashed, afflicted, agitated, annoyed, ascetic, ashamed,
astringent, austere, bad, beset, blushing, bothered, cankered,
carious, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, confused, contaminated,
corrupt, crestfallen, crushed, decayed, decomposed, discomfited,
discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, diseased, disquieted,
distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, festering, foul, gangrened,
gangrenous, gone bad, hangdog, harassed, humbled, humiliated,
hung up, ill at ease, infected, morbid, necrosed, necrotic,
out of countenance, pathological, peccant, perturbed, poisoned,
put-out, put-upon, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, red-faced,
rotten, rotting, septic, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast,
sphacelated, spoiled, stern, suppurating, suppurative, tainted,
troubled, ulcerated, ulcerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset,
worried
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