Definition of "mortifies" [mortifies]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortify. (verb)

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• "Whether the idea mortifies you or intrigues you, it's out there in cyberspace and it's for real."
• "Death means also all that right now prepares and anticipates our death: humiliations, failures, sickness that cripples us, limits due to age or health, everything that 'mortifies' us. ""
• "The formula is pretty basic but very productive: horrible little Shinchan shocks and mortifies the adults around him with his complete lack of anything resembling a filter."