mācerō — meaning in English

English meaning

• mortify verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
• torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
• torture noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.

Senses

mācerō is used for these senses in English:

• mortify (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]
• torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
• torture (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.

mortify — full definition

1. verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
2. verb To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
3. verb To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
4. verb To affect with vexation or chagrin.

torment — full definition

1. noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
2. verb To cause someone severe suffering or distress, often repeatedly.

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