1. (

• mortify ,

) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites ;

2. (

• mortify ,
• subdue ,
• crucify ,

) hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" ;

3. (

• humiliate ,
• mortify ,
• chagrin ,
• humble ,
• abase

) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" ;

4. (

• necrose ,
• gangrene ,
• mortify ,
• sphacelate

) undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" ;

1. (

• gangrenous ,
• mortified

) suffering from tissue death ;

2. (

• embarrassed ,
• humiliated ,
• mortified

) 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" ;