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. (

• embarrassing ,
• mortifying

) causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word" ;

2. (

• demeaning ,
• humbling ,
• humiliating ,
• mortifying

) causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game" ;