to mortify

Examples

• All

• Mahiro was mortified by the passing of his sister.

  Blog text (18)

• By this time tomorrow, his leg will be starting to mortify.

  The Beguiled (1971)

• The zigzag pattern, the mortified flesh held in Alex's hand like the trophy it is.

  Fiction book (2000)

• She liked the way the frayed plastic webbing of the cheap lawn chair mortified her flesh.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He was repeatedly mortified by the subtle details of emaciation: the pointiness of the bones, the shriveled gums, the thin, loose hair.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The doctor warned that without treatment, the injured toe could start to mortify quickly.

• As the infection progressed, the tissue around the wound began to mortify and turn black.

• The neglected wound was left untreated for too long, causing the surrounding area to mortify.

Synonyms

N

to necrotize

vsto mortify

• Specialized

3 9.8

Cause body tissue to die, often after injury or infection

means the tissue itself undergoes death rather than causing it

S

to sphacelate

vsto mortify

• Specialized

9.9

To become dead and rotten when it loses blood flow

has identical meaning and use in medical contexts

N

to necrose

vsto mortify

• Specialized

9.9

To die and decay because of injury or disease

is more about becoming dead or gangrenous than general decay

G

to gangrene

vsto mortify

• Specialized

8.9

To become dead tissue because of infection or loss of blood

focuses on tissue becoming dead without specifying typical causes

How Decayed

to mortify

• Specialized

1 9.9

to rot

156 1.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology