mortal
Word Statistics
Standard vocabulary
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
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noun
1. A human; someone susceptible to death.
"Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal."
Antonyms
adjective
1. Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
2. Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
3. Punishable by death.
4. Fatally vulnerable.
5. Of or relating to the time of death.
6. Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
"mortal enemy"
7. Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
"mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power"
8. Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
"a sermon lasting two mortal hours"
9. Very drunk; wasted; smashed.
10. Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial.
Synonyms
adverb
1. Mortally; enough to cause death.
"It's mortal cold out there."
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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