Mortal

['mɔːt(ə)l] or ['mɔrtl]

Definition

(adj.) subject to death; 'mortal beings' .

(adj.) unrelenting and deadly; 'mortal enemy' .

Typed by Anatole--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

(a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.

(a.) Fatally vulnerable; vital.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the time of death.

(a.) Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

(a.) Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power.

(a.) Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours.

(n.) A being subject to death; a human being; man.

Editor: Whitney

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Subject to death, destined to die.[2]. Deadly, fatal, destructive.[3]. Extreme, violent, unto death, likely to kill.[4]. Human, of man.[5]. [Colloquial.] Long, tedious, trying.

n. Man, human being.

Checked by Darren

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Human, ephemeral, sublunary, short-lived, deadly, fatal, perishable,destructive

ANT:Divine, Immortal, celestial, life-giving, venial, salutiferous, superficial,Mortality,[See DEATH]

Edited by Cheryl

Definition

adj. liable to die: causing death: deadly: fatal: punishable with death: involving the penalty of spiritual death as opposed to Venial: extreme violent implacable: human: (coll.) very great very long confounded very drunk.—n. a human being.—v.t. Mor′talise to make mortal.—n. Mortal′ity condition of being mortal: death: frequency or number of deaths esp. in proportion to population: the human race.—adv. Mor′tally—(coll.) Mor′tal.—ns. Mort′-cloth a pall; Mort′-stone a stone by the wayside on which the bearers lay the bier for a rest during a funeral procession.—Bills of mortality lists of the numbers of those who have died in any place during any given time; Law of mortality rules founded on experience or calculation showing what average proportion of those living at the beginning of a given time will be surviving at its close.

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