mor·tal (môr tl)adj. 1. Liable or subject to death. 2. Of or relating to humankind; human: the mortal limits of understanding. 3. Of, relating to, or accompanying death: mortal throes. 4. Causing death; fatal: a mortal wound. See Synonyms at fatal. 5. Fighting or fought to the death; unrelenting: a mortal enemy; a mortal attack. 6. Of great intensity or severity; dire: mortal terror. 7. Conceivable: no mortal reason for us to go. 8. Used as an intensive: a mortal fool. n. A human. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mort  lis, from mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]mor tal·ly adv. |
mortal [ˈmɔːtəl]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of living beings, esp human beings) subject to death
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of or involving life or the world
3. (Medicine / Pathology) ending in or causing death; fatal a mortal blow
4. deadly or unrelenting a mortal enemy
5. of or like the fear of death; dire mortal terror
6. great or very intense mortal pain
7. possible there was no mortal reason to go
8. Slang long and tedious for three mortal hours
n
1. a mortal being
2. Informal a person a mean mortal
[from Latin mortālis, from mors death]
mortally adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  mortal - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue communicator - a person who communicates with others contestant - a person who participates in competitions coward - a person who shows fear or timidity creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry" expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil" inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone loved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your family leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money |
| Adj. | 1. | mortal - subject to death; "mortal beings" finite - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent earthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home" immortal - not subject to death |
| 2. | mortal - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth unpardonable - not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior" | |
| 3. | mortal - unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy" merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" | |
| 4. | mortal - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" fatal - bringing death |
mortal
adjective
1. human, worldly, passing, earthly, fleshly, temporal, transient, ephemeral, perishable, corporeal, impermanent, sublunary Man is designed to be mortal.
2. fatal, killing, terminal, deadly, destructive, lethal, murderous, death-dealing a mortal blow to terrorism
3. unrelenting, bitter, sworn, deadly, relentless, to the death, implacable, out-and-out, irreconcilable, remorseless Broadcasting was regarded as the mortal enemy of live music.
4. great, serious, terrible, enormous, severe, extreme, grave, intense, awful, dire, agonizing She lived in mortal fear that one day she would be found out.
5. unpardonable, unforgivable, irremissible Masturbation is considered a mortal sin by the church.
noun
human being, being, man, woman, body, person, human, individual, earthling impossible needs for any mere mortal to meet
Quotations
"What fools these mortals be!" [William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream]
"What fools these mortals be!" [William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream]
Translations
mortal [ˈmɔːtl]
A. ADJ
1. (= destined to die) → mortal
2. (liter) (= fatal) [wound, blow] → mortal
3. (= deadly) [enemy] → mortal
4. (= extreme) [terror] → espantoso
she screamed in mortal terror → gritó aterrorizada
to be in mortal danger → estar en peligro de muerte
to live in mortal fear that → vivir aterrorizado de que ...
she screamed in mortal terror → gritó aterrorizada
to be in mortal danger → estar en peligro de muerte
to live in mortal fear that → vivir aterrorizado de que ...
mortal [ˈmɔːrtəl]
mortal
adj
(= liable to die) → sterblich; (= causing death) injury, combat → tödlich; to deal (somebody/something) a mortal blow → (jdm/einer Sache) einen tödlichen Schlag versetzen; to be locked in mortal combat → auf Leben und Tod miteinander kämpfen
(= extreme) → tödlich, Todes-; (inf) hurry, embarrassment → irrsinnig (inf); mortal fear → Todesangst f; mortal agony → Todesqualen pl; to live in mortal fear or dread that … → eine Todesangst haben, dass …; mortal enemy → Todfeind(in) m(f)
(inf, = tedious) hours, boredom → tödlich (inf)
n → Sterbliche(r) mf; ordinary mortal (inf) → Normalsterbliche(r) mf (inf); a mere mortal → ein bloßer Sterblicher
adj mortal [ˈmoːtl]
1 liable to die; unable to live for ever Man is mortal. sterflik فانٍ، زائِل смъртен smrtelný dødelig sterblich θνητός mortal surelik فانى kuolevainen mortel אָדָם मर्त्य, मरणशील smrtan halandó fana dauðlegur mortale 死すべき 죽을 운명의 mirtingas mirstīgs fana srefelijk som kan dø, dødelig śmiertelny mortal muritor смертный smrteľný smrten smrtan dödlig ต้องตาย ölümlü 終有一死的, 必死的 смертний فانی nguy đến tính mạng 终有一死的, 必死的
2 of or causing death a mortal illness; mortal enemies (= enemies willing to fight each other till death); mortal combat. geswore, tot die dood مُميت، قاتِل смъртоносен smrtelný; na život a na smrt dødelig tödlich θανατηφόρος, θανάσιμος mortal surma- مردنى kuolettava mortel קַטלָנִי मारक smrtan halálos mematikan banvænn mortale 死にいたる 치명적인 mirtinas, žūtbūtinis nāvīgs; nāvējošs mematikan dodelijk, doods- dødelig, døds-; på liv og død śmiertelny mortal mortal; de moarte; pe viaţă şi pe moarte смертельный smrteľný; na život a na smrť smrten smrtan dödlig, döds- ซึ่งทำให้ถึงตาย öldürücü 致命的 смертельний مہلک chết người 致命的
n
a human being All mortals must die sometime. sterfling إنْسان، مَخْلوق بَشَري човек smrtelník, -ice dødelig der/die Sterbliche θνητός mortal surelik مرگبار kuolevainen mortel/-elle בֵּן-אָדָם मानव smrtnik ember manusia manneskja, dauðleg vera mortale 人間 인간 mirtingasis, žmogus mirstīgais manusia sterveling (dødelig) menneske, (levende) sjel śmiertelnik mortal muritor смертный smrteľník, -čka smrtnik čovek dödlig ซึ่งต้องตายในที่สุด insan 凡人 смертний, людина انسان con người 凡人
n morˈtality [-ˈtӕ-]
1 the state of being mortal. sterflikheid فَناء، وفاة смъртност smrtelnost dødelighed die Sterblichkeit θνητότητα mortalidad surelikkus بطور کشنده kuolevaisuus mortalité לִהיוֹת בֵּן-תְּמוּתָה मृत्यु smrt halandóság; halálozás kefanaan dauðleiki mortalità 死を免れないこと 죽을 운명 mirtingumas mirstīgums kemanusiaan sterfelijkheid dødelighet śmiertelność mortalidade mortalitate смертельность smrteľnosť smrtnost smrtnost dödlighet ภาวะที่ต้องตาย ölümlülük 致命性 смертність فنا پزیری sự tử vong 致命性
2 (alsomortality rate) the number of deaths in proportion to the population; the death rate infant mortality. sterftekoers عَدَد الوَفيات смъртни случаи úmrtnost dødelighed; -dødelighed die Sterblichkeit θνησιμότητα tasa de mortalidad surevus مرگبار kuolleisuus (taux de) mortalité שִׁיעוּר תְּמוּתָה मृत्यु दर smrtnost halálozási arány angka kematian dánartíðni mortalità 死亡率 사망자 수 mirtingumas, mirštamumas mirstība angka kematian sterftecijfer dødelighetsstatistikk śmiertelność mortalidade mortalitate, rată a mortalităţii смертность úmrtnosť umrljivost mortalitet mortalitet, dödlighet อัตราการตาย ölüm oranı 死亡率 смертність شرح اموات số tử vong 死亡率
adv mortally
in such a way as to cause death He has been mortally wounded. noodlottig بِصورَةٍ مُميتَه смъртоносно smrtelně dødeligt tödlich θανάσιμα mortalmente surmavalt بطور کشنده kuolettavasti mortellement בְּצוָּרה אֲנוּשָׁה मर्त्यता, नश्वरता smrtno halálosan parah sekali lífshættulega mortalmente 死ぬほどに 치명적으로 mirtinai nāvīgi parah sekali dodelijk dødelig śmiertelnie mortalmente mortal, de moarte смертельно smrteľne smrtno smrtno dödligt ขนาดถึงตาย öldürecek şekilde 致命地 смертельно مہلکانہ có thể chết người 致命地
mortal sin
(especially in Roman Catholicism) a very serious sin, as a result of which the soul is damned for ever. onvergeeflike sonde الخَطيئَة المُميتَه смъртоносен грях smrtelný hřích dødssynd die Todsünde θανάσιμο αμάρτημα pecado mortal surmapatt گناه کبيره kuolemansynti péché mortel חֶטא गंभीर पाप smrtni grijeh halálos bűn dosa besar dauðasynd peccato mortale 大罪 대죄 mirtina nuodėmė nāves grēks dosa besar doodzonde dødssynd grzech śmiertelny pecado mortal păcat de moarte смертный грех smrteľný hriech smrtni greh smrtni greh dödssynd บาปร้ายแรง (ในศาสนาคริสต์นิกายโรมันคาทอลิก) affedilmez günah 不可寬恕的罪行 смертний гріх دین دنیا سے کھودینے والا گناہ trọng tội 不可宽恕的罪行
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