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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMortify
/ˈmɔːr.tɪ.faɪ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
"She was mortified to realize she had left her microphone on during the private conversation." - 2
To subdue or depress (the body, desires, or passions) through self-denial or severe discipline.
"Ascetics historically sought to mortify their flesh through fasting and hardship."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French mortifier, originating from Late Latin mortificare meaning 'to put to death', combining Latin mort-, stem of mors ('death'), and facere ('to make'). Historically shifting from literal physical killing or subduing of bodily passions in religious contexts to its modern psychological sense of causing extreme embarrassment or humiliation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mortify" is said worldwide
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mortifier
Transliteration: mɔʁ.ti.fje
"Cette erreur ridicule l'a complètement mortifié devant ses collègues."
kränken
Transliteration: ˈkʁɛŋkn̩
"Seine abfälligen Bemerkungen haben sie tief gekränkt."
mortificare
Transliteration: mor.ti.fiˈka.re
"Non volevo mortificare i tuoi sentimenti con le mie parole."
mortificar
Transliteration: mor.ti.fiˈkaɾ
"Me mortifica pensar en los errores que cometí ayer."
mortificar
Transliteration: moʁ.tʃi.fiˈkaʁ
"A ideia de falar em público parecia mortificar o rapaz."
अपमानित करना
Transliteration: apmanit karna
"उसकी टिप्पणी ने मुझे सबके सामने अपमानित कर दिया।"
羞辱
Transliteration: xiū rǔ
"当众出丑让她感到十分羞辱。"
굴욕감을 주다
Transliteration: gulyokgameul juda
"그의 거만한 태도는 나에게 큰 굴욕감을 주었다."
恥ずかしく思わせる
Transliteration: hazukashiku omowaseru
"彼女の失礼な態度は同僚たちを大いに恥ずかしく思わせた。"
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