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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mortified \mor"tified\,
   imp.  p. p. of mortify.
   1913 webster
see also:
mortify 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mortified \mor"tified\, a.
   deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated.
   pjc

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mortify \mor"tify\, v. t. imp.  p. p. mortified; p. pr. 
   vb. n. mortifying. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to
      change by chemical action. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            he mortified pearls in vinegar.       --hakewill.
      1913 webster

   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; as, to mortify the
      flesh.
      1913 webster

            with fasting mortified, worn out with tears.
                                                  --harte.
      1913 webster

            mortify thy learned lust.             --prior.
      1913 webster

            mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the
            earth.                                --col. iii. 5.
      1913 webster

   4. to affect with vexation, chagrin; to depress.
      1913 webster

            the news of the fatal battle of worcester, which
            exceedingly mortified our expectations. --evelyn.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   5. to humiliate deeply, especially by injuring the pride of;
      to embarrass painfully; to humble; as, the team was
      mortified to lose by 45 to 0.
      1913 webster + pjc
see also:
mortified mortifying mortal -fy 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mortified
     adj 1: suffering from tissue death syn: gangrenous
     2: 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"
        syn: embarrassed, humiliated
see also:
gangrenous embarrassed humiliated 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mortify
     v 1: practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
     2: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites";
        "mortify the flesh" syn: subdue, cricify
     3: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "he humiliated his
        colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" syn: humiliate,
         chagrin, humble, abase
     4: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
        syn: necrose, gangrene, sphacelate
     also: mortified
see also:
subdue cricify humiliate chagrin humble abase 
necrose gangrene sphacelate mortified 
[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mortified
     see mortify
see also:
mortify 
[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
78 moby thesaurus words for "mortified":
   abashed, afflicted, agitated, annoyed, ascetic, ashamed,
   astringent, austere, bad, beset, blushing, bothered, cankered,
   carious, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, confused, contaminated,
   corrupt, crestfallen, crushed, decayed, decomposed, discomfited,
   discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, diseased, disquieted,
   distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, festering, foul, gangrened,
   gangrenous, gone bad, hangdog, harassed, humbled, humiliated,
   hung up, ill at ease, infected, morbid, necrosed, necrotic,
   out of countenance, pathological, peccant, perturbed, poisoned,
   put-out, put-upon, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, red-faced,
   rotten, rotting, septic, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast,
   sphacelated, spoiled, stern, suppurating, suppurative, tainted,
   troubled, ulcerated, ulcerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset,
   worried





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