mortification
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
strong feelings of embarrassment
Types & categories
- embarrassment hypernym
Related & opposite
- chagrin derivation
Sense 2 noun
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Types & categories
- death hypernym
- myonecrosis hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
he had to undergo one humiliation after another
Types & categories
- case hypernym
Related & opposite
- chagrin derivation
Sense 4 noun
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
Types & categories
- self-control hypernym
Related & opposite
- mortify derivation
- mortify derivation
- Christianity domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chagrin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | embarrassment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gangrene |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortified |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | necrotic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | death |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | myonecrosis |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chagrin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | case |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortify |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Christianity |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | self-control |