Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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mortify | No | No | Yes | No |
waste | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
mortify (noun) | waste (noun) |
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useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | |
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect | |
the trait of wasting resources | |
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | |
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
mortify (adjective) | waste (adjective) |
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located in a dismal or remote area; desolate |
mortify (verb) | waste (verb) |
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undergo necrosis | become physically weaker |
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
hold within limits and control | cause to grow thin or weak |
practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief |
spend extravagantly | |
use inefficiently or inappropriately | |
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | |
run off as waste | |
spend thoughtlessly; throw away | |
dispose of |