Synonyms of the word

mortification

• n. The act of mortifying.
• n. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
• n. (medicine) The death of part of the body.

case

• n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
• n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
• n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
• n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
• n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
• n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
• n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
• n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
• v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
• n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
• n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
• n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
• n. An enclosing frame or casing.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
• n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
• n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
• n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
• n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
• n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
• n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
• adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
• v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
• v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
• v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

chagrin

• n. Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or…
• n. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.
• v. (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
• v. (intransitive) To be vexed or annoyed.

death

• n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent…
• n. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
• n. (the death) The collapse or end of something.

embarrassment

• n. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
• n. A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing.
• n. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
• n. A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements.
• n. (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
• n. (countable) A group of pandas; the collective noun for pandas.

example

• n. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• n. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
• n. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated…
• n. A person punished as a warning to others.
• n. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
• n. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise…
• v. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

gangrene

• n. The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
• n. (figuratively) A damaging or corrupting influence.
• v. (transitive) To produce gangrene in.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with gangrene.

humiliation

• n. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
• n. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

instance

• n. (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence.
• n. (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
• n. (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
• n. Occasion; order of occurrence.
• n. A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example.
• n. One of a series of recurring occasions, cases, essentially the same.
• n. (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something).
• n. (computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) A dungeon or other area that is duplicated for each player, or each…
• n. (massively multiplayer online games) An individual copy of such a dungeon or other area.
• v. (transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite.
• v. (intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

necrosis

• n. (pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood…

self-control

• n. The ability to control one's desires and impulses; willpower.

self-denial

• n. Action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
• n. A refusal to recognize unpleasant realities.

self-discipline

• n. Control of oneself, willpower.

sphacelus

• n. (medicine) gangrenous part.
• n. (medicine) gangrene; slough.