MORTIFY
verb. (-ies, -ied) 1 a cause (a person) to feel shamed, humiliated, or sorry. B wound (a person`s feelings). 2 bring (the body, the flesh, the passions, etc.) Into subjection by self-denial or discipline. 3 (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. ? mortification none. Mortifying adjective. [latin: related to *mortician]