Definition for Mortify:

• To destroy vital qualities; to subdue or bring into subjection, as the appetites or passions; to subdue the body to the mind, as by abstinence or severities; to humble or depress; to vex; to lose vitality, as flesh; to become corrupt.

Synonyms for Mortify:

• n.

  •
  • degrade,
  • demean,
  • respect,
  • win.
  •
  • discomfort,
  • discountenance,
  • pain.
  •mortify (noun)
  • abase,
  • chagrin,
  • cricify,
  • gangrene,
  • humble,
  • humiliate,
  • necrose,
  • sphacelate,
  • subdue.

• v.

  •disintegrate (verb)
  • anatomize,
  • break,
  • crumble,
  • decay,
  • decompose,
  • degenerate,
  • disintegrate,
  • dissect,
  • dissolve,
  • fracture,
  • putrefy,
  • rot,
  • rupture,
  • shatter,
  • spoil,
  • turn.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • abase,
  • abash,
  • affront,
  • annoy,
  • belittle,
  • chagrin,
  • chasten,
  • confound,
  • control,
  • crush,
  • deflate,
  • deny,
  • disappoint,
  • discipline,
  • discomfit,
  • disgrace,
  • displease,
  • harass,
  • humble,
  • humiliate,
  • ridicule,
  • shame,
  • subdue,
  • vex,
  • worry,
  • take down a peg,
  • put to shame,
  • get one's comeuppance,
  • take the wind out.
  •emotion (verb)
  • crucify,
  • subdue.
  •humble (verb)
  • abash,
  • discomfit,
  • disconcert,
  • embarrass,
  • faze,
  • humble,
  • humiliate.
  •shame (verb)
  • belittle,
  • discipline,
  • disgrace,
  • ridicule.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • depress.
  •
  • discountenance.
  •
  • degrade.
  •annoy
  • rankle.
  •depress
  • cast down.
  •humble
  • strike dumb,
  • take down,
  • take down a peg.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abase,
  • affront,
  • aggravate,
  • aggrieve,
  • annoy,
  • annoyance,
  • badger,
  • bait,
  • bedevil,
  • belittle,
  • beset,
  • bewilder,
  • bit,
  • blast,
  • bore,
  • bother,
  • bridle,
  • bring down,
  • bully,
  • canker,
  • cast down,
  • castigate,
  • chagrin,
  • chasten,
  • cheapen,
  • coerce,
  • confound,
  • confuse,
  • conquer,
  • constraint,
  • containment,
  • contamination,
  • control,
  • corrupt,
  • corruption,
  • cricify,
  • cross,
  • crucify,
  • crumb,
  • crush,
  • crushed,
  • curb,
  • damage,
  • daunt,
  • debase,
  • defame,
  • deflate,
  • degrade,
  • degraded,
  • degrading,
  • demean,
  • denigrate,
  • denounce,
  • deny,
  • depravity,
  • deprecate,
  • depreciate,
  • depress,
  • derogate,
  • derogatory,
  • devaluate,
  • devalue,
  • devastate,
  • diminish,
  • disappoint,
  • discipline,
  • discombobulate,
  • discomfort,
  • discompose,
  • discountenance,
  • discredit,
  • disgrace,
  • disgraced,
  • dishearten,
  • dishonor,
  • dishonorable,
  • dishonour,
  • dismiss,
  • disparage,
  • displease,
  • disquiet,
  • dissatisfy,
  • distress,
  • disturb,
  • downgrade,
  • drive,
  • dun,
  • eclipse,
  • fester,
  • floor,
  • fluster,
  • force,
  • frustrate,
  • gangrene,
  • get over,
  • go bad,
  • go to pieces,
  • grieve,
  • guilty,
  • harass,
  • harry,
  • heckle,
  • hindrance,
  • humiliation,
  • hurt,
  • incommode,
  • indecent,
  • infamous,
  • infest,
  • inhibit,
  • inhibition,
  • injure,
  • insult,
  • irk,
  • irritate,
  • irritation,
  • keep down,
  • let down,
  • libel,
  • limit,
  • lower,
  • macerate,
  • master,
  • mildew,
  • minimize,
  • moderation,
  • modesty,
  • mold,
  • molder,
  • mortification,
  • mortified,
  • mould,
  • moulder,
  • mouldy,
  • necrose,
  • nonplus,
  • nuisance,
  • obstacle,
  • offend,
  • ooze,
  • outshine,
  • overawe,
  • overcome,
  • overshadow,
  • overwhelm,
  • pain,
  • peg,
  • perplex,
  • persecute,
  • pester,
  • pillory,
  • pique,
  • place,
  • plague,
  • pother,
  • pull down,
  • punish,
  • push,
  • put,
  • put out,
  • quash,
  • rag,
  • rankle,
  • rattle,
  • rebuff,
  • reduce,
  • reject,
  • repress,
  • repression,
  • reserve,
  • restraint,
  • restriction,
  • ridicule,
  • run,
  • savage,
  • self-torture,
  • set down,
  • sham,
  • shame,
  • shamefaced,
  • shameful,
  • shock,
  • show,
  • show up,
  • silence,
  • slight,
  • snub,
  • sphacelate,
  • squelch,
  • stamp down,
  • strike dumb,
  • subdue,
  • subjugate,
  • subordinate,
  • suppress,
  • suppression,
  • suppurate,
  • surmount,
  • take aback,
  • take down,
  • tame,
  • tease,
  • tire,
  • torment,
  • traumatize,
  • tread down,
  • trouble,
  • ulcerate,
  • upset,
  • upstage,
  • vex,
  • vexation,
  • vilify,
  • vitiate,
  • win,
  • worry,
  • wound,
  • wrong,
  • Ashame,
  • Feaze,
  • Importune,
  • Wherret,
  • Putresce,
  • take down a peg,
  • molest,
  • bring low,
  • put on the spot,
  • put to shame,
  • throw for a loop,
  • throw into confusion,
  • lose face,
  • cut up,
  • fall to pieces,
  • get one's comeuppance,
  • take the wind out.

Antonyms for Mortify:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    gratify, heal, indulge, be pleased, be proud.

• v.

  • embarrass
    aid, assist, build up, compliment, delight, encourage, flatter, help, honor, let go, make happy, please, praise, respect, satisfy, soothe, surrender, yield.
  • Other antonyms:
    animate, assure, buoy, calm, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspirit, rally, reassure, relieve, soothe, uphold.