how to pronounce mortify

/ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ/

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mortify is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of mortify

verb:

To lose vitality.
To gangrene.
To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
To be subdued.
To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
To grant in mortmain.
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
To kill.

mortify frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mortify occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mortify can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mortify can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;