English-Finnish translations for mortify

Definition of mortify

• To discipline by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
• To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
• To kill.
• To kill off ; to make necrotic.
• To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress
• To grant in mortmain. --
• To lose vitality
• To be subdued

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 Id never let that happen to me again.

Related words

• mortifying
• mortification
• mortifere
• be mortified