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mortal

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adjective

mor·​tal ˈmȯr-tᵊl How to pronounce mortal (audio)
1
: causing or having caused death : fatal
a mortal injury
2
a
: subject to death
mortal man
Every living creature is mortal.
b
: possible, conceivable
have done every mortal thing
c
: deadly sense 3
waited three mortal hours
3
: marked by unrelenting hostility
a mortal enemy
4
: marked by great intensity or severity
mortal fear
5
: human
mortal limits
a nobody with an all too mortal longing to be a somebody Time
6
: of, relating to, or connected with death
mortal agony

mortal

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adverb

chiefly dialectal

mortal

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noun

: a human being
Choose the Right Synonym for mortal

deadly, mortal, fatal, lethal mean causing or capable of causing death.

deadly applies to an established or very likely cause of death.

a deadly disease

mortal implies that death has occurred or is inevitable.

a mortal wound

fatal stresses the inevitability of what has in fact resulted in death or destruction.

fatal consequences

lethal applies to something that is bound to cause death or exists for the destruction of life.

lethal gas

Example Sentences

Adjective Every living creature is mortal. He suffered a mortal wound in the battle. Noun stories about gods interfering in the lives of mortals the troubles that come to ordinary mortals
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Two men, both elected to the Presidency, each claiming that the other represents a mortal threat to the Republic. Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022 Ingrid Thulin)—and keeping his different fake stories straight with both of them is a matter not of mere jealousy but of mortal danger. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022 Despite the emergence of a tremendously destabilizing weapon—a mortal threat to every nation with a coastline—America has done very little. Craig Hooper, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 The relationship between reader and writer, holier than any relationship between flesh-and-blood creatures, is the only relationship that will tolerate no mortal ending. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Whether the offense remains mortal this season will depend largely on new arrivals such as Burton, Harrell, Steen and running back Jahmyr Gibbs. Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 25 July 2022 Even a more mortal Marvel is still playing an extremely strong and enviable hand. Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 July 2022 At 34, with his fastball topping out at a mortal 92 mph but his command impeccable, Kershaw took a perfect game into the eighth inning, just six outs away from the first perfecto of his career and just the 24th in major league history. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022 Unlike his Avengers teammates Captain America and Iron Man, Thor is literally a god: He's already been around for centuries, and will surely survive long after his mortal friends have turned to dust. Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 July 2022
Noun
If Beijing loosened up and allowed COVID to run amok, the Chinese system would appear no better than those of loser democracies, and Xi would seem like another failing politician, a mere mortal, not the virus-fighting superhero he was painted as. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Studios and follow a half-mortal, half-god warrior named B. who has spent tens of thousands of years fighting around the globe. Clark Collis, EW.com, 23 July 2022 At Comerica Park, however, Trout is a mere mortal, sporting a .255/.342/.461 slash line over 27 games, with an .803 OPS that’s his second-worst among AL ballparks. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2022 On a night Towns was anywhere close to mortal, the Spurs might have won the game. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2022 Meet Sabrina Spellman—half witch, half mortal—who must make a choice on her 16th birthday: stay in the human world with her friends or venture to the witch world of her family. Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 July 2022 The butterfly is an attribute of both the heroine Psyche (the mortal made immortal) and the soul. Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 8 June 2022 The closest thing to one is Lemercier’s insistence that Dion wasn’t simply a larger-than-life icon but a mortal, too, with relatable worries about her children, her sleep schedule and, er, getting lost in her 40-room mansion. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 Embedded in an experimental comedy is the tale of a tragic overreacher, a mortal who has come to assume a godlike dominion over the rest of the planet. Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Adverb

Middle English, from Anglo-French mortel, mortal, from Latin mortalis, from mort-, mors death — more at murder

Noun

see human entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mortal was in the 14th century

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