mortification

mortification /,mɔ:tifi'keiʃn/
  • danh từ
    • sự hành xác
    • điều sỉ nhục; sự xấu hổ, sự mất thể diện, sự tủi nhục
      • the mortification of submitting to the aggressor: nỗi tủi nhục phải khuất phục trước kẻ xâm lược
    • (y học) chứng thối hoại

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Xem thêm: chagrin, humiliation, necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus, humiliation



mortification

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • strong feelings of embarrassment; chagrin, humiliation
  • the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply); necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus
  • an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; humiliation

    he had to undergo one humiliation after another

  • (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

mortifications
syn.: chagrin gangrene humiliation necrosis sphacelus