mortal

noun

A human; someone susceptible to death.

adjective

Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.

Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.

Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).

Punishable by death.

Of or relating to the time of death.

Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.

Fatally vulnerable.

(religion, of a sin) Causing spiritual death.

Very painful or tedious; wearisome.

(Scotland, Geordie, slang) Very drunk.

adverb

(colloquial) Mortally; enough to cause death.

Roots

morsmort- · Latin · death

Synonyms for mortal

deathlyadv deadlyadv lethaladj fataladj deathfuladj corporealadj dyingn souln earthlyadj humanadj

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