Definition of mortal
(Entry 1 of 3)
1 : causing or having caused death : fatal a mortal injury
2a : subject to death
mortal man Every living creature is mortal.
b : possible, conceivable have done every mortal thing
c : deadly sense 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 a nobody with an all too mortal longing to be a somebody — Time
6 : of, relating to, or connected with death
mortal agony
mortal
adverbDefinition of mortal (Entry 2 of 3)
chiefly dialectal
: mortally
mortal
nounDefinition of mortal (Entry 3 of 3)
: a human being
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