Mortifies

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mortify form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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humiliatehumiliatenecrosesphacelateabatebring down

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"And yet Gretchen is worse, for she mortifies me, and laughs at my mistakes, and makes them seem so droll to everybody else."

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