adjective: mortal
1. (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.
"all men are mortal"
antonyms: immortal
relating to humans as subject to death.
"the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle"
antonyms: immortal
2. causing or liable to cause death; fatal.
"a mortal disease"
synonyms: deadly, fatal, lethal, death dealing, killing, murderous, destructive, terminal, incurable
(of a battle) fought to the death.
"the screams of men in mortal combat"
synonyms: irreconcilable, deadly, to the death, sworn, bitter, out-and-out, implacable, relentless,unrelenting, unappeasable, remorseless, merciless
(of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death.
"a mortal foe"
synonyms: irreconcilable, deadly, to the death, sworn, bitter, out-and-out, implacable, relentless,unrelenting, unappeasable, remorseless, merciless
antonyms: venial
(of a feeling, especially fear) very intense.
"parents live in mortal fear of children's diseases"
synonyms: extreme, very great, great, enormous, terrible, awful, dreadful, intense, severe,grave, dire, inordinate, unbearable, agonizing
"parents live in mortal fear of such diseases"
3. informal
conceivable or imaginable.
"he knew every mortal thing you did"
"the punishment is out of all mortal proportion to the offence"
very great.
"he was in a mortal hurry"
dated
long and tedious.
"for three mortal days it rained"
4.denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
"she had committed a mortal sin"
"a mortal sin"
antonyms: venial
noun
1. a human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being.
"capacities only possible of God rather than mortals"
antonyms: immortal, god
humorous
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"
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