All 3 Uses
mortified
in
The Fountainhead
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- To mortify the flesh is nothing.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- To mortify the soul is the only act of virtue.†
Chpt 2.9
- Throw your first-born into a sacrificial furnace—lie on a bed of nails—go into the desert to mortify the flesh—don't dance—don't go to the movies on Sunday—don't try to get rich—don't smoke—don't drink.†
Chpt 4.14
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortified as in: felt mortified) extremely embarrassed and ashamed—so humiliated that pride feels wounded.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) a sense of biological decay; or a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship; or (archaically) to be emotionally numbed