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mortify

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
verb
  1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

    "Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."

  2. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.

    "I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again."

  3. To kill.

Synonymsmacerate, demean, humiliate, shame
Antonymsdignify, honor

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