Meaning & Definition of Mortal in English
English⟶
Mortal
/mɔrtəl/
noun
1. A human being
- "There was too much for one person to do"
synonym:
- person,
- individual,
- someone,
- somebody,
- mortal,
- soul
adjective
1. Subject to death
- "Mortal beings"
synonym:
- mortal
2. Involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- "The seven deadly sins"
synonym:
- deadly,
- mortal(a)
3. Unrelenting and deadly
- "Mortal enemy"
synonym:
- mortal(a)
4. Causing or capable of causing death
- "A fatal accident"
- "A deadly enemy"
- "Mortal combat"
- "A mortal illness"
synonym:
- deadly,
- deathly,
- mortal
Examples of using
All men are mortal. Tom is a man. Therefore, Tom is mortal.
Men are mortal because of their fears, and immortal because of their hopes.
"Man is mortal." That's my opinion. But if we've already been born, there's nothing to be done about it, we must live for a little...