To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
To grant in mortmain.
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
To lose vitality.
To be subdued.
To gangrene.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
(often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment.