mortify
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
Types & categories
- mortify hypernym
- discipline hypernym
Related & opposite
- mortification derivation
Sense 2 verb
hold within limits and control
subdue one's appetites
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- mortification derivation
- desist entails
Sense 3 verb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- abasement derivation
- humiliation derivation
- mortification derivation
- humiliation derivation
Sense 4 verb
undergo necrosis
the tissue around the wound necrosed
Types & categories
- rot hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortification |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mortify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discipline |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortification |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | desist |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mortify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abasement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humiliation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humiliation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demolish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demean |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | necrosis |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slough |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rot |