mortal
adjective
noun
Origin of mortal
Synonyms for mortal
Related Words for mortal
grievous, dire, terrible, malignant, lethal, fatal, grim, temporal, earthly, frail, great, last, ending, terminal, killing, bitter, grave, extreme, perishable, passingExamples from the Web for mortal
Contemporary Examples of mortal
While some of the patients had been seriously ill, many of them were not in mortal danger—at least not from their illnesses.
The stakes didn't seem high enough—largely because America no longer views Russia as its mortal enemy.
On the other far end of the spectrum, admittedly, is the idea that our first president might have unsprung the mortal coil.
Yet each devoted his energies to matters of universal concern, and together they form a curious triptych on the mortal condition.
But the Al-Shabab attackers were only able to kill the mortal part of him that he had in common with everybody.
Historical Examples of mortal
They were fabled as seven sisters, and one lost her place in the sky by marrying a mortal.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Yet he knew that he was not fatally injured if he could stop that mortal drain of his wounds.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
If it be drinkable by any manner of mortal, I must moisten my throat with it.
The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")Nathaniel Hawthorne
There's no good to mortal creature i' the bones or blood of her!
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Alas, the vanity of mortal projects, even when they centre in the grave!
Other Tales and SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne