Assure and Mortify

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Assure verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

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Mortify is an antonym for assure.

Nearby Words: assurance, assuring, assuredness, assurer, assuror

Mortify verb - To throw into a state of self-conscious distress.

Usage example: was mortified by her children's atrocious manners

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Assure is an antonym for mortify.

assure mother

mortify mother

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