Hyphenation of mortifying

How to hyphenate mortifying

Because it is a word with a single syllable, mortifying is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

mortifying

Syllables Count: 1
Characters Count: 10
Alpha-numeric Characters Count: 10
Hyphens Count: 0

Haphenation done based on the Knuth-Liang word-division algorithm. The computed hyphenation pattern is: mortifying

Definitions of mortifying

mortifying is defined as:

Definition 1 as verb

verb
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
Example: Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
verb
(usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
Example: I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.
verb
To kill.
verb
To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
verb
To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
verb
To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
verb
To grant in mortmain.
verb
To lose vitality.
verb
To gangrene.
verb
To be subdued.

Definition 1 as noun

noun
Mortification; abstinence
Example: mortifyings of the flesh

Definition 1 as adjective

adjective
Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.

Words nearby mortifying

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(mortifying)
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