1
as in lethal
likely to cause or capable of causing death
a mortal wound
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2
as in deadly
of, relating to, or suggestive of death
a wounded soldier writhing in mortal agony
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3
as in human
relating to or characteristic of human beings
just an ordinary guy with all the usual mortal limitations
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as in hostile
marked by opposition or ill will
have always had a mortal aversion to narcissistic people
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as in person
a member of the human race
just an ordinary mortal living an ordinary life
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Recent Examples of mortal
Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Scarlet feels like his biggest movie yet, a ruminative war picture that stages medieval battles and pitches its characters through the mortal coil and back.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
But for the rest of us mere mortals, the idea of stepping into an ice bath for 10 minutes a day is awful.
—Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Khalid was born mortal, but was given an immortal life when his father placed his soul into the body of Hunbish, a child that the Goryeo girl once wished to save.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Scarlet feels like his biggest movie yet, a ruminative war picture that stages medieval battles and pitches its characters through the mortal coil and back.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Trent Williams looked like a mortal in Week 1 and had a noticeable limp on Wednesday.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
But for the rest of us mere mortals, the idea of stepping into an ice bath for 10 minutes a day is awful.
—Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortal
Adjective
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Wuornos, who was found guilty of six murders and received six death sentences, was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, after a decade on death row.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
31 Oct. 2025
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Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in October 2002, according to a New York Times obituary.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Weather events, like extreme heat and wildfires, are becoming more common due to climate change and are having a deadly impact on the lives of thousands.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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What ostensibly started as a war against the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl has now ballooned into a far broader clash – spanning rare earths, American soybean exports, technology controls and China’s energy dealings with Russia.—
Jhasua Razo,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Real war introduces deception, saturation attacks and human failures.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Even human intelligence will follow, as visual reconnaissance teams view what is happening in other settlements or try to recruit sources who live and work there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Heading into a hostile environment at the Rogers Centre, the Dodgers must defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in Games 6 and 7 to clinch their second-straight World Series title.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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Though the serial killer in each installment of Scream is always revealed to be a different person, the phone voice has remained consistent since Jackson, now 65, took on the job back in 1996.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The person didn’t respond to further questions, and phone calls to two numbers associated with the email address went unanswered.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The show centers on Alex (Jason Clarke) and his wife, Maggie Murdaugh (Patricia Arquette), as their privileged world spirals following a fatal 2019 boating accident involving their son, Paul (Johnny Berchtold), that leads to more secrets emerging.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Once written, the script’s fantastic promise distracted its readers from the fatal holes in its plot.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Little Rock Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday morning that left one person dead and another injured, the agency announced in a social media post.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Two suspects were arrested and a third was dead, Mexico’s security ministry said on Saturday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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The negative response to Beijing’s tactics also prompted the G7 to vow a united front against the export controls, Yardeni pointed out.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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If the bat is negative, individuals will not need post-exposure treatment.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Mortal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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