martyrEnglishOxford American Thesaurusmartyr verb she was martyred for her faith: put to death, kill, make a martyr of, martyrize; burn, burn at the stake, stone, immolate, throw to the lions, crucify, put on the rack.noun □ be a martyr toinformal he's a martyr to migraine: suffer from, be a constant sufferer from, have chronic …; be seriously affected by, be afflicted with, be troubled by, get.