mortify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make someone feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

   I was mortified when I tripped and fell in front of the whole class.

2. 2
   verb

   To control your body and desires through strict self-discipline, often for religious reasons.

   Some monks mortify the body through fasting and hardship.

From Anglo-Norman mortifier, Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificō (“cause death”), from Latin mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”).

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