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   mortal

   /ˈmɔːtl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death: "all men are mortal" Similar perishablephysicalbodilycorporealfleshlycorporalearthlyhumanearth-bornimpermanenttemporalworldlytransientephemeralpassingrare:sublunaryOpposite immortal
   • ▪ relating to humans as subject to death: "the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle" Similar perishablephysicalbodilycorporealfleshlycorporalearthlyhumanearth-bornimpermanenttemporalworldlytransientephemeralpassingrare:sublunaryOpposite immortal
   • 2. causing or liable to cause death; fatal: "a mortal disease" Similar deadlyfatallethaldeath-dealingkillingmurderousdestructiveterminalincurable
   • ▪ (of a battle) fought to the death: "the drawing shows Holmes and Moriarty locked in mortal combat" Similar irreconcilabledeadlyto the deathswornbitterout-and-outimplacablerelentlessunrelentingunappeasableremorselessmerciless
   • ▪ (of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death: "a mortal foe" Similar irreconcilabledeadlyto the deathswornbitterout-and-outimplacablerelentlessunrelentingunappeasableremorselessmercilessunpardonableunforgivableirremissibleOpposite venial
   • ▪ (of a feeling, especially fear) very intense: "parents live in mortal fear of children's diseases" Similar extremevery greatgreatenormousterribleawfuldreadfulintenseseveregravedireinordinateunbearableagonizing
   • 3. denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace. "she had committed a mortal sin" Similar unpardonableunforgivableirremissibleOpposite venial
   • 4. conceivable or imaginable: informal "he knew every mortal thing you did" Similar conceivableimaginableperceivablepossibleearthly
   • ▪ very great: "he was in a mortal hurry"
   • ▪ long and tedious: dated "for three mortal days it rained"

   noun

   • 1. a human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being: "capacities only possible of God rather than mortals"
   • ▪ a person contrasted with others regarded as being of higher status or ability: "an ambassador had to live in a style which was not expected of lesser mortals"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.

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