Definition of mortify

"mortify" in the verb sense

1. mortify

practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

2. mortify, subdue, crucify

hold within limits and control

"subdue one's appetites"

"mortify the flesh"

3. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

cause to feel shame hurt the pride of

"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

4. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate

undergo necrosis

"the tissue around the wound necrosed"

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Quotations for mortify

Read, read, sirrah, and refine your appetite; learn to live upon instruction; frost your mind and mortify your flesh. [ Congreve ]

In reality, there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as you please, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. [ Franklin ]

mortify in Scrabble®

The word mortify is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters mortify:

MORTIFY
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In mortify

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mortify in Words With Friends™

The word mortify is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters mortify:

MORTIFY
(110 = 75 + 35)
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In mortify

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Words within the letters of mortify

2 letter words in mortify (7 words)

3 letter words in mortify (11 words)

4 letter words in mortify (11 words)

5 letter words in mortify (2 words)

7 letter words in mortify (1 word)

mortify + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence mortify

Words that start with mortify (3 words)

Words with mortify in them (1 word)

Words that end with mortify (1 word)

Word Growth involving mortify

Shorter words in mortify

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Longer words containing mortify

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