mortification

mortification is a 13-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified
2. noun. The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene.
3. noun. Destruction of active qualities; neutralization.
4. noun. Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, absistence, or painful severities inflicted on the body.
5. noun. Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
6. noun. That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.
7. noun. A gift to some charitable or religious institution; -- nearly synonymous with mortmain.
8. noun. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
9. noun. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect

   "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"

   Synonyms: humiliation

10. noun. strong feelings of embarrassment

    Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation

11. noun. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

    Synonyms: gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus

Synonyms

humiliation, chagrin, gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus

Common word forms

mortifications

Words from these letters

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