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mortify [ˈmɔːtıfaı] VB trans

1. mortify:

mortify
mortify
mortify the flesh

2. mortify:

mortify
mortify
▶ mortification [ˌmɔːtıfıˈkeıʃən] N

Usage examples with mortify

mortify the flesh

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Both are shocked and mortified that their intense love has suddenly been called into question.
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Eli appears to be mortified, but allows the footage to play anyway.
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Way recalls that, during the filming, they were all mortified from the engulfing flames surrounding the set.
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The kids are mortified - they might even have their library cards canceled, and so decide to hide the evidence.
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He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh.
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His father was mortified at a son of his becoming a show performer.
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The dressing room is destroyed, we are mortified.
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But her in-laws remained mortified that a woman would work as an engineer.
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Although she is mortified by this discovery, he is unperturbed.
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I was mortified when they dragged out the cardboard cutout and pretended to do an interview with me.
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