Wondering how to use Mortify in a sentence? Below are 6 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as subdue or check.
Mortify meaning
- To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
- To kill.
Synonyms of Mortify
Using Mortify
- The main meaning on this page is: To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. | To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate. | To kill.
- Useful related words include: subdue, cricify, check, chagrin.
- In the example corpus, mortify often appears in combinations such as: to mortify.
Context around Mortify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mortify
- In this selection, "mortify" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to mortify their flesh and date would mortify the chinese. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mortify" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mortify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In a classic dad move, he suggested he wants to mortify his kids. (13 words)
Large-scale protests in Hong Kong on that sacred date would mortify the Chinese government. (15 words)
Jackson’s grandparents feel that a relationship should be between and man and a woman, and the fact that Jackson is dating a woman seems to mortify them. (28 words)
In cases like this, the legs and feet of the criminals begin to swell and mortify at the expiration of three or four days; some are said to live in this state for a fortnight, and expire at last from fatigue and mortification. (43 words)
Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history. (38 words)
Self-mummification main Monks whose bodies remain incorrupt without any traces of deliberate mummification are venerated by some Buddhists who believe they successfully were able to mortify their flesh to death. (31 words)
Example sentences (6)
Large-scale protests in Hong Kong on that sacred date would mortify the Chinese government.
In a classic dad move, he suggested he wants to mortify his kids.
Jackson’s grandparents feel that a relationship should be between and man and a woman, and the fact that Jackson is dating a woman seems to mortify them.
Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive and will every now and then peep out and show itself; you will see it, perhaps, often in this history.
In cases like this, the legs and feet of the criminals begin to swell and mortify at the expiration of three or four days; some are said to live in this state for a fortnight, and expire at last from fatigue and mortification.
Self-mummification main Monks whose bodies remain incorrupt without any traces of deliberate mummification are venerated by some Buddhists who believe they successfully were able to mortify their flesh to death.
Common combinations with mortify
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to mortify 3×