English-Thai Dictionary

mortify

VT ทำให้ อับอาย  ทำให้ ขายหน้า  embarrass chagrin humiliate tam-hai-ab-ai

 

mortify

VT บำเพ็ญ ทุกรกิริยา  ทรมาน ตัวเอง  discipline bam-pen-tuk-ka-ra-kri-ri-ya

 

mortifying

N การ ทำให้ อับอาย  embarrassing humiliating kan-tam-hai-ab-ai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORTIFY

v.t.[L. mors, death, and facio, to make. ] 1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of some part of a living animal; to change to sphacelus or gangrene. Extreme inflammation speedily mortifies flesh.
2. To subdue or bring into subjection, as the bodily appetites by abstinence or rigorous severities.
We mortify ourselves with fish.
With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
3. To subdue; to abase; to humble; to reduce; to restrain; as inordinate passions.
Mortify thy learned lust.
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth. Colossians 3:5.
4. To humble; to depress; to affect with slight vexation.
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.
He is controlled by a nod, mortified by a frown, and transported with a smile.
5. To destroy active powers or essential qualities.
He mortified pearls in vinegar--
Quicksilver--mortified with turpentine.
[I believe this application is not now in use. ]

 

MORTIFY

v.i.To lose vital heat and action and suffer the dissolution of organic texture, as flesh; to corrupt or gangrene. 1. To be subdued.
2. To practice severities and penance from religious motives.
This makes him give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast and mortify.

 

MORTIFYING

ppr. Changing from soundness to gangrene or sphacelus. 1. Subduing; humbling; restraining.
2. a. Humiliating; tending to humble or abase.
He met with a mortifying repulse.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORTIFY

Mor "ti *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified; p. pr. & vb. n.Mortifying. ] Etym: [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.

 

2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. Bacon. He mortified pearls in vinegar. Hakewill.

 

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. With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. Harte.Mortify thy learned lust. Prior. Mortify, rherefore, your members which are upon the earth. Col. iii. 5.

 

4. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress. The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. Evelyn. 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.

 

MORTIFY

MORTIFY Mor "ti *fy, v. i.

 

1. To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.

 

2. To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline. This makes him. .. give alms of all that he hath, watch, fast, and mortify. Law.

 

3. To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.

 

MORTIFYING

MORTIFYING Mor "ti *fy `ing, a.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

MORTIFYINGLY

MORTIFYINGLY Mor "ti *fy `ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a mortifying manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mortify

mor ti fy |ˈmôrtəˌfī ˈmɔrdəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( mortifies, mortifying, mortified ) [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated: [ with obj. ] : she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror | (as adj. mortifying ) : she refused to accept this mortifying disgrace. 2 subdue (the body or its needs and desires ) by self-denial or discipline: return to heaven by mortifying the flesh . 3 [ no obj. ] archaic (of flesh ) be affected by gangrene or necrosis: the cut in Henry's arm had mortified. DERIVATIVES mor ti fy ing ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘put to death, ’ ‘deaden, ’ and ‘subdue by self-denial ’): from Old French mortifier, from ecclesiastical Latin mortificare ‘kill, subdue, ’ from mors, mort- ‘death. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

mortify

mortify |ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( mortifies, mortifying, mortified ) [ with obj. ] 1 cause (someone ) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed: she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror | (as adj. mortifying ) : how mortifying to find that he was right. 2 subdue (the body or its needs and desires ) by self-denial or discipline: return to heaven by mortifying the flesh . 3 [ no obj. ] (of flesh ) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. DERIVATIVES mortifyingly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the senses ‘put to death ’, ‘deaden ’, and ‘subdue by self-denial ’): from Old French mortifier, from ecclesiastical Latin mortificare ‘kill, subdue ’, from mors, mort- ‘death ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mortify

mortify verb 1 I'd be mortified if my friends found out: embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, discomfit, shame, abash, horrify, appall. 2 he was mortified at being excluded: hurt, wound, affront, offend, put out, pique, irk, annoy, vex; informal rile. 3 mortifying the flesh: subdue, suppress, subjugate, control; discipline, chasten, punish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mortify

mortify verb 1 I'd be mortified if my friends found out I was learning ballroom dancing: embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, shame, discomfit, abash, horrify, appal, crush. ANTONYMS be pleased, be proud. 2 he was mortified at the prospect of being excluded from the meeting: hurt, wound, affront, offend, put out, pique, irk, pain, annoy, displease, vex, gall; informal rile; Brit. informal nark. ANTONYMS gratify. 3 an ascetic who consistently chooses to mortify the flesh: subdue, suppress, subjugate, control, restrain, get under control; discipline, chasten, punish, deny. ANTONYMS indulge. 4 the cut in his arm had mortified: become gangrenous, fester, putrefy, gangrene, rot, decay, decompose; rare necrose, sphacelate. ANTONYMS heal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mortify

mor ti fy /mɔ́ː r təfàɪ /動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …を悔しがらせる, …に屈辱を感じさせる .2 (苦行などで )〈肉体 〉を苦しめる, 〈情欲 〉を克服する ▸ mortify the flesh by fasting 断食苦行する 3 〘医 〙…を壊疽 （えそ ）にかからせる .自動詞 〘医 〙壊疽にかかる .

 

mortifying

m ó r ti f ỳ ing 形容詞 1 悔しい .2 禁欲の, 苦行の .