mor|tal

mor|tal
mor|tal «MR tuhl», adjective, noun, adverb.
–adj.
1. sure to die sometime: »

all mortal creatures. Do you think your daughter is not mortal like other people? (Charles Reade).

2. of man; of mortals: »

Mortal flesh has many pains and diseases.

SYNONYM(S): human.
3. of or characterized by death: »

a mortal year.

4. causing death; deadly; fatal: »

a mortal wound, a mortal illness.

SYNONYM(S): lethal. See syn. under fatal. (Cf.fatal)
5. to the death; implacable; relentless: »

a mortal enemy, a mortal battle, mortal hatred.

6. Figurative. very great; deadly; dire: »

The spy lived in mortal fear of being discovered.

7. causing death of the soul (in Roman Catholic use): »

Murdering your brother would be a mortal sin.

8. Informal. a) long and tedious: »

And so on for 940 mortal pages (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton).

b) conceivable: »

By no mortal means (Ben Jonson).

–n.
1. a being that is sure to die sometime. All living creatures are mortals.
2. a human being; man; person: »

No mortal could have survived the fire. No mortal should strive against God. What fools these mortals be (Shakespeare).

–adv.
Dialect. extremely; excessively: »

Missis was mortal angry (Thackeray).

[< Latin mortālis < mors, mortis death]

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