mortification

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. strong feelings of embarrassment (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
chagrin, humiliation
• Derivationally related forms:
mortify, humiliate (for: humiliation), chagrin (for: chagrin)
• Hypernyms:
embarrassment
2. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
• Syn:
necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus
• Derivationally related forms:
sphacelate (for: sphacelus), gangrenous (for: gangrene), mortify, necrotic (for: necrosis)
• Hypernyms:
death
• Hyponyms:
myonecrosis
3. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- he had to undergo one humiliation after another
• Syn:
humiliation
• Derivationally related forms:
mortify, humiliate (for: humiliation)
• Hypernyms:
case, instance, example
4. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
• Derivationally related forms:
mortify
• Topics:
Christianity, Christian religion
• Hypernyms:
self-denial, self-discipline, self-control

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  humiliation, necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus, chagrin