ALL meanings of martyr
mar·tyr
M m - noun martyr sb self-sacrificing 1
- noun martyr sb sacrificed for belief 1
- noun martyr sb who suffers 1
- transitive verb martyr sacrifice for belief 1
- noun martyr a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. 1
- noun martyr a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: a martyr to the cause of social justice. 1
- noun martyr a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering: a martyr to severe headaches. 1
- noun martyr a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc. 1
- verb with object martyr to make a martyr of, especially by putting to death. 1
- verb with object martyr to torment or torture. 1
- noun martyr A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs. 1
- countable noun martyr A martyr is someone who is killed or made to suffer greatly because of their religious or political beliefs, and is admired and respected by people who share those beliefs. 0
- verb martyr If someone is martyred, they are killed or made to suffer greatly because of their religious or political beliefs. 0
- countable noun martyr If you refer to someone as a martyr, you disapprove of the fact that they pretend to suffer, or exaggerate their suffering, in order to get sympathy or praise from other people. 0
- countable noun martyr If you say that someone is a martyr to something, you mean that they suffer as a result of it. 0
- noun martyr a person who suffers death rather than renounce his religious beliefs 0
- noun martyr a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc 0
- noun martyr a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc 0
- noun martyr a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc 0
- verb martyr to kill as a martyr 0
- verb martyr to make a martyr of 0
- noun martyr any of those persons who choose to suffer or die rather than give up their faith or principles 0
- noun martyr any person tortured or killed because of his or her beliefs 0
- noun martyr a person who suffers great pain or misery for a long time 0
- noun martyr a person who assumes an attitude of self-sacrifice or suffering in order to arouse feelings of pity, guilt, etc. in others 0
- verb transitive martyr to put to death or torture for adherence to a belief 0
- verb transitive martyr to torture; make suffer greatly; persecute 0