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I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it's still marauding even though it's no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires.
J. I. Packer

Meaning of "mortifying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORTIFYING

mortifying  [ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORTIFYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mortifying is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MORTIFYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mortifying in the English dictionary

The definition of mortifying in the dictionary is extremely offensive or embarrassing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORTIFYING


buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
edifying
ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ
electrifying
ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
gratifying
ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪɪŋ
horrifying
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
mystifying
ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪɪŋ
petrifying
ˈpɛtrɪfaɪɪŋ
preachifying
ˈpriːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
satisfying
ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ
scarifying
ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪɪŋ
speechifying
ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
stultifying
ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ
stupefying
ˈstjuːpɪˌfaɪɪŋ
terrifying
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unedifying
ʌnˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unifying
ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ
unsatisfying
ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ
unterrifying
ʌnˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORTIFYING

mortice
mortice lock
morticer
mortician
mortiferous
mortiferousness
mortific
mortification
mortified
mortifier
mortifies
mortify
mortifyingly
Mortimer
mortise
mortise and tenon joint
mortise lock
mortiser
mortling
mortmain

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORTIFYING

accompanying
annoying
bullying
copying
crying
drying
dying
laying
lying
magnifying
outlying
paying
playing
praying
role playing
role-playing
saying
self-justifying
underlying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of mortifying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MORTIFYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mortifying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mortifying

Translation of «mortifying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORTIFYING

Find out the translation of mortifying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mortifying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mortifying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

屈辱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mortificante
570 millions of speakers

English

mortifying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपमानजनक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكبح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

унизительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortificante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরক্তিকর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mortifiante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memfitnah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beschämend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悔しい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngremenaken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm mất thể diện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mortifying
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणउतारा करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mortifying
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mortificante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umartwienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

принизливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umilitoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mortifying
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vernederend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mortifying
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krenkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mortifying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORTIFYING»

The term «mortifying» is quite widely used and occupies the 51.017 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORTIFYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mortifying

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6 QUOTES WITH «MORTIFYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mortifying.
1
Claire Cameron
I find this mortifying to admit, but I have one of those balls that helps my posture. They're hard to sit on, so it stops me from sitting too long... I also wear a pair of 3M(TM) PELTOR(TM) Optime(TM) II Ear Muffs. They're the same ones that people wear on the tarmac among the planes - noise blockers.
2
William Congreve
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
3
Tony Kushner
Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?
4
J. I. Packer
I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it's still marauding even though it's no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires.
5
Billy Bob Thornton
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
6
Moon Unit Zappa
If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORTIFYING»

Discover the use of mortifying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mortifying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Licensed to Kill: A Field Manual for Mortifying Sin
These are questions I have personally wrestled with as both a Christian and a pastor. This book is my attempt to answer those questions and provide a biblical and practical guide for the war against sin.
Brian G. Hedges, 2011
2
China Survival Guide: How to Avoid Travel Troubles and ...
An updated edition of the best-selling travel guide that spells out tourist problems and solutions with humor and candor.
Larry Herzberg, Qin Herzberg, 2013
3
The journal of mortifying moments
Ever revealed your true feelings about your best-friend's ex, only to have them get back together?Or hit on a cute guy at the bar and then discovered the woman standing next to him is his wife?Or discovered that the looks of admiration you ...
Robyn Harding, 2005
4
What's That Smell?" (Oh It's Me.): 50 Mortifying Situations ...
Offers advice on reacting to humiliating or embarrassing moments, including situations with family, police, and hygeine; when in love, public, and school; and on the computer.
Tucker Shaw, 2008
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The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A New Collection
"It's — it's mortifying," said Dean suddenly. "Wha's mortifying?" "The idea their objecting us having champagne breakfast." "Mortifying?" Peter considered. "Yes, tha's word — mortifying." Again they collapsed into laughter, howled, swayed, ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli, 1995
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What's That Smell? (Oh It's Me): 50 Mortifying Situations ...
This book provides specific advice to teens on how to handle 50 embarrassing situations that can occur with parents, boyfriends or girlfriends, in social situations, at school, and online.
Tucker Shaw, 2003
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Telling Complexions: The Nineteenth-century English Novel ...
(j/icyhter- !~7u>v. Mortifying. Persuasions,. or. the. Worldliness. of. Jane. Austen. / last chapter argued that in Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen ts in place a system of social support grounded in the blush. While using the blush as a stable and ...
Mary Ann O'Farrell, 1997
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The Christian's Unity with Christ
As your heart trusts Christ, who conquered your old sin nature on His cross, the Holy Spirit does the mortifying for you. The rising up of the old nature includes lusts, evil desires, immoral urges, evil speaking, and so forth. The Holy Spirit will do ...
Jim McCoy, 2007
9
The Mysteries of Udolpho: And A Sicilian Romance
And would not that be very mortifying, signer?" Unquestionably it would," said Cavi- gni. " I cannot endure the thought," said Madame Cberon. " It is not to be endured," replied Cavi- pii. " What can be done to prevent so humiliating a mistake ?
Ann Ward Radcliffe, 1826
10
A Companion to Jane Austen
He, meanwhile, feels the “mortifying” confusion of something “uncommonly intelligent” in her, a trouble to his habit of looking “only to criticise” (PP: 23). Elizabeth's supreme mortification is her rereading of the letter Darcy has thrust upon her ...
Claudia L. Johnson, Clara Tuite, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORTIFYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mortifying is used in the context of the following news items.
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O'Malley connects climate change and security, Republicans think …
Its writer, Tom Blumer, went on to castigate reporters who had covered the rollout of O'Malley's climate action plan for ignoring this mortifying error on O'Malley's ... «Grist, Jul 15»
2
A decade later, Auburn still seeks answers in murder of business …
“It was mortifying. It hit home,” said John Varner, who said Salmon would visit his grandmother's home often on East Glenn Avenue. “It was ... «Opelika Auburn News, Jul 15»
3
STM columnist Nat Locke. Source: News Limited
I can imagine that, at the time, it would have been quite mortifying for a young Hugh to have been vilified like that. The inference is that dancing ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
4
Top 5 Love Lessons from "The Bachelorette" (The Men Tell All …
Also, getting down on your knees to apologize then getting up because you have a cramp is extra mortifying. Oh, and one more tip: If you end ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Picking up litter has its perks. Free pineapples, for instance
For a long time, I found it all mortifying. I hated when they picked up garbage around my friends. I would have died before admitting they'd ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
6
Now we know there were two screaming children at that diner in Maine
It's mortifying. And, while we deal with it, the public must witness — and hear — the whole messy thing. I'll never forget when my daughter was ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»
7
Ask An Adult: Why Do I Get Crushes? What Happens In My Brain?
Mortifying. Although marginally better than yelling 'Hello I want to have sex with you, do you have good resources?' which is what your limbic brain desperately ... «The Debrief, Jul 15»
8
Watch: Always, Ram Trucks and Dove ads win new award for …
Her mother throws her a mortifying “First Moon” celebration, complete with pin the tampon on the period and a game of bobbing for ovaries. «Fortune, Jul 15»
9
Dirty data hacked from cheating website
Even if you think you've left Dating Site X, your name and messages and mortifying pictures could very well survive on their (apparently ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
10
Robert Fulford on the uniqueness of Oliver Sacks
Revealing his sexuality was painful and at times mortifying. In adolescence he knew he had sexual feelings about men and boys. His father ... «National Post, Jul 15»

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