mortal

¹mor·tal

adj \ˈmȯr-t^əl\

Definition of MORTAL

1

: causing or having caused death : fatal <a mortal injury>

2

a : subject to death <mortal man> b : possible, conceivable <have done every mortal thing> c : deadly 3 <waited three mortal hours>

3

: marked by unrelenting hostility <a mortal enemy>

4

: marked by great intensity or severity <mortal fear>

5

: human <mortal limits>

6

: of, relating to, or connected with death <mortal agony>

Examples of MORTAL

1. Every living creature is mortal.
2. He suffered a mortal wound in the battle.

Origin of MORTAL

Middle English, from Anglo-French mortel, mortal, from Latin mortalis, from mort-, mors death — more at murder

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to MORTAL

Synonyms: baleful, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, deadly, murderous, pestilent, terminal, vital

Antonyms: healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome

Related Words: baneful, deleterious, destructive, harmful, injurious, noxious, pernicious, truculent; infectious, infective, pestilential, poisonous, sublethal, toxic, virulent; dangerous, grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, ugly, unhealthy, unsound; bloody, internecine, sanguinary, sanguine

Near Antonyms: beneficial, restorative, salubrious, salutary; alleviative, corrective, curative, remedial, tonic; advantageous, beneficial, useful; nonpoisonous, nontoxic, safe

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Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with MORTAL

chortle, portal