mortify

Verb

• undergo necrosis
  • the tissue around the wound necrosed
    

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
    

• hold within limits and control
  • subdue one's appetites
    
  • mortify the flesh
    

• practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  necrose , gangrene , sphacelate , humiliate , chagrin , humble , abase , subdue , crucify