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mortify verb

  /ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ/ , /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
  • (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.]
  • (obsolete, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.]
  • (obsolete, transitive) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
 abtöten, töten
  • (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]
 abtöten

mortifying adjective

  • Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.
 oberpeinlich
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