mortal
/ˈmɔːtəl/
noun
- 1
A human; someone susceptible to death.
“Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal.”
Antonyms
adjective
- 1
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
- 2
Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
- 3
Punishable by death.
- 4
Fatally vulnerable.
- 5
Of or relating to the time of death.
- 6
Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
“mortal enemy”
- 7
Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
“mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power”
- 8
Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
“a sermon lasting two mortal hours”
- 9
Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
- 10
Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial.
adverb
- 1
Mortally; enough to cause death.
“It's mortal cold out there.”
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