mortal
mortal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.
- 2.Fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton.
- 3.Of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. Pope.
- 4.Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. Dryden.
- 5.Human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. Milton.
- 6.Very painful or tedious; wearisome; as, a sermon lasting two mortal hours. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
- 7.A being subject to death; a human being; man. "Warn poor mortals left behind." Tickell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accident
- adversity
- and
- anthropogeny
- anthropography
- anthropoid
- anthropology
- anthroposophy
- ashes
- awry
- bad
- badness
- bale
- bane
- being
- blow
- body
- box
- brother
- bruise
- buffet
- cadaver
- cadaverous
- calamity
- carcass
- carrion
- casualty
- catastrophe
- cause
- civic
- clan
- clay
- coil
- commonalty
- commonweal
- commonwealth
- community
- consanguinity
- corpse
- corse
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is mortal.
- What is destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin called?
- What is fatally vulnerable; vital. Last of all, against himself he turns his sword, but missing the mortal place, with his poniard finishes the work. Milton called?
- What is of or pertaining to the time of death. Safe in the hand of one disposing Power, Or in the natal or the mortal hour. Pope called?
- What is affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. Dryden called?
- What is human; belonging to man, who is mortal; as, mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power. The voice of God To mortal ear is dreadful. Milton called?
- What is a being subject to death; a human being; man. "Warn poor mortals left behind." Tickell called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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