self-mortifying
1mortifying — mortify ► VERB (mortifies, mortified) 1) cause to feel embarrassed or humiliated. 2) subdue (physical urges) by self denial or discipline. 3) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. DERIVATIVES mortification noun mortifying adjective …
2temperate — adj 1. moderate, self restrained, self controlled, self disciplined; self possessed, in control, self assured, self confident, poised; composed, cool, calm, collected, cool headed; level headed, equani mous, balanced; sane, lucid, clear, rational …
3ascetic — n 1. abstainer, self denier, celibate, puritan; penitent, Islam. fakir, Islam. dervish, Islam.Calender, Hinduism. yogi; self punisher, self tormentor, religious fanatic, flagellant, hair shirt wearer. 2.(in the early Christian church) monk,… …
4sober — adj 1. not intoxicated or drunk, temperate, teetotal, Inf. sworn off, Sl. on the wagon or water wagon, Brit. on the water cart; prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon. 2. abstemious, habitually abstinent, nonindulgent; moderate, self restrained,… …
5South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
6chaste — adj 1. virtuous, good, innocent, modest; pure, Archaic. honest, virgin, virginal, vestal, maidenly, maidenish or maidish; untouched, undefiled, unused, uncorrupted, unadulterated, unsullied, unsoiled; pristine, fresh, clean, immaculate, snowy;… …
7abstemious — adj 1. habitually abstinent, nonin dulgent, moderate, temperate; teetotal, nondrinking, sober, not intoxicated or drunk, prohibitionary, U.S. dry, blue ribbon; continent, celibate, fasting, dieting; puritanical, puritanlike, austere, self… …
8austere — adj 1. severe, harsh, strict, strait laced, forbidding, hard, stern, grim; formal, aloof, cold, distant, stiff; inflexible, stilted, unbending, unyielding, rigid, tight; rigorous, relentless, unfeeling, inhuman, cruel; commanding, authoritative,… …
9continent — n 1. mainland, main, Latin. terra firma. adj 2. chaste, celibate, virgin, virginal; pure, untouched, undefiled; virtuous, innocent, good; pristine, uncorrupted, unsullied, stainless. 3. temperate, moderate, self restrained, self controlled;… …
10Spartan — adj 1. austere, severe, harsh, strict; stern, grim, forbidding, rigid; rigorous, hard, demanding, laborious, Herculean, difficult. 2. disciplined, controlled, self controlled, restrained, self restrained; self mortifying, ascetic, self denying,… …
