mortify
verb
[ ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ ]
• cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.
• "she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror"
Opposite:
be pleased,
be proud,
• subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline.
• "return to heaven by mortifying the flesh"
Similar:
subdue,
suppress,
subjugate,
control,
restrain,
get under control,
discipline,
chasten,
punish,
deny,
• (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis.
• "a scratch or cut in Henry's arm had mortified"
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’.
