mortifies Definition

mortify
verb mortifies, mortified, mortifying

1. To make someone feel humiliated or ashamed.

Thesaurus: disgrace, humiliate, ridicule, shame, belittle, embarrass, distress.
2. relig.
To control (physical desire) through self-discipline or self-inflicted hardship.
Example: mortify the flesh
intr
3. pathol., old use
Said of a limb, etc: to be affected by gangrene.

Derivative: mortification
noun

Derivative: mortifying
adj, noun

Etymology: 14c: from French mortifier, from Latin mortificare to put someone to death.