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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymor·tal I \ˈmȯr-təl\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French mortel, mortal,from Latin mortalis, from mort-, mors death — more at murder DATE 14th century1. causing or having caused death : fatal a mortal injury2. a. subject to death mortal man b. possible, conceivable have done every mortal thing c. deadly 3 waited three mortal hours3. marked by unrelenting hostility a mortal enemy4. marked by great intensity or severity mortal fear5. human mortal limits6. of, relating to, or connected with death mortal agonySynonyms: see deadly II adverb DATE 15th centurychiefly dialect : mortally III noun DATE 1567: a human beingEnglish Etymologymortal mortal (adj.) mid-14c., "deadly," also "doomed to die," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. mortel"destined to die," from L. mortalis "subject to death," from mors(gen. mortis) "death," from PIE base *mor-/*mr- "die" (cf. Skt.mrtih "death," Avestan miryeite "dies," O.Pers. martiya- "man," Armenian meranim "die," Lith. mirtis "mortal man," Gk. brotos"mortal" (hence ambrotos "immortal"), O.C.S. mrutvu "dead," O.Irhttp://O.Ir. marb, Welsh marw "died," O.E. morþ "murder"). The most widespread IE root for "to die," forming the common word for it except in Gk. and Gmc. The noun meaning "mortal thing or substance" is first recorded 1520s.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7mortalmor·tal / 5mC:tl; NAmE 5mC:rtl / adjective1. that cannot live for ever and must die 不能永生的；终将死亡的: We are all mortal. 我们都总有一死。 OPP immortal 2. (literary) causing death or likely to cause death; very serious 导致死亡的；致命的；非常危急的: a mortal blow / wound 致命的一击/伤口 to be in mortal danger 处于极度的危险之中 (figurative) Her reputation suffered a mortal blow as a result of the scandal. 这一丑闻毁了她的名声。 ⇨ compare fatal (1) 3. [only before noun] (formal) lasting until death 至死方休的；不共戴天的 SYN deadly : mortal enemies 不共戴天的敌人 They were locked in mortal combat (= a fight that will only end with the death of one of them). 他们陷入了一场你死我活的争斗中。 4. [only before noun] (formal) (of fear, etc. 恐惧等) extreme 极端的；非常大的: We lived in mortal dread of him discovering our secret. 因为害怕他发现我们的秘密,我们终日惶恐不安。 noun (often humorous) a human, especially an ordinary person with little power or influence 人；凡人；普通人 SYN human being : old stories about gods and mortals 关于天神和凡人的古老传说 (humorous) Such things are not for mere mortals like ourselves. 这种事不会落在我们这样的凡夫俗子身上。 (humorous) She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators! 她可以心算复杂的数字,而我们常人就需要计算器！ Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmortal noun ADJ. lesser, mere, ordinary I just assumed you were a mere mortal like the rest of us. a holiday resort that caters for royalty as well as for ordinary mortals Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: DEADLY 1, deathly, fatal, lethal, mortiferous, pestilent, pestilential Related Words: implacable, relentless, unrelenting 2 Synonyms: GRIM 3, implacable, ironfisted, merciless, relentless, ruthless, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelenting, unyielding 3 Synonyms: MONSTROUS 1, cracking, fantastic, massive, monumental, prodigious, stupendous, towering, tremendous 4 Synonyms: HUMAN, hominine Related Words: finite, temporal; frail, weak 5 Synonyms: PROBABLE, conceivable, earthly, likely, possiblen. Function: noun Synonyms: HUMAN, being, body, ||character, creature, individual, man, party, person, personageWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: mortal mind , or mortal sinmor·talI. \ˈmȯr]d.əl, ˈmȯ(ə)], ]təl\ adjectiveEtymology: Middle English, mortal, deadly, subject to death, from Middle French mortal, mortel, from Latin mortalis subject to death, mortal, from mort-, mors death + -alis -al; akin to Latin mori to die — more at murder1. : destructive to life : causing or capable of causing death : fatal < a mortal disease > < a mortal blow > < a mortal wound > < mortal danger > < a new fact that was mortal to his theory >2. : subject to death : destined to die < all men are mortal > < attended all that was mortal of their benefactor to the funeral pyre — J.G.Frazer > < these pictures have a very mortal look, but the poems refuse to fade — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >3. a. : aiming at extermination : fought to the death < living in one of those periods of history when wars are frequent and mortal — John Strachey > < won a mortal contest against a totalitarian system which denied all the values of freedom — Alan Barth > b. : having or marked by an unrelenting hostility : implacable < a mortal enemy > < a mortal aversion > < a mortal hatred >4. a. : existing in the greatest degree : marked by great intensity or severity : extreme, overpowering < was no longer in mortal dread of her job collapsing under her — J.W.Vandercook > < the underworld that was in mortal terror of him — Richard Watts > b. : very great : awful < it's a mortal shame — Ellen Glasgow > < made a mortal mess of things >5. : of or relating to man or mankind : human < attempting to thwart me with mortal morals — Sidney Howard > < a nobody with an all too mortal longing to be a somebody — Time > < the most marvelous work of mortal genius — W.L.Sullivan >6. : not able to be forgiven or condoned : deserving or entailing death < a weakening in our purpose, and therefore in our unity … is the mortal crime — Sir Winston Churchill >— see mortal sin7. : of, relating to, or connected with death < the mortal moment when the bombers, committed to their target, are locked defenseless in their courses — Time > < fell with a scream of mortal agony — F.V.W.Mason >8. : humanly conceivable or possible : earthly < every mortal thing the heart could wish for — A.E.Coppard > < done all you asked — every mortal thing — Michael McLaverty >9. archaic : marked by many deaths < a very sickly and mortal autumn — John Evelyn >10. : long and wearisome : tedious < here they lay for four mortal hours, their faces close to the muddy water — E.T.Brown > < three mortal hours — a hundred and eighty minutes — ticked off with jerky precision — Ida Treat >11. chiefly Scotland : dead-drunkSynonyms: see deadlyII. adverbEtymology: Middle English, from mortal, adjectivechiefly dialect : mortallyIII. noun(-s)Etymology: mortal (I) 1. obsolete : something that is mortal : a mortal substance < this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality — 1 Cor 15:53 (Authorized Version) >2. : one who is mortal : a human being < what fools these mortals be — Shakespeare > < parallels are risky matters between mortals — Claudia Cassidy >3. : individual, person < just the same careless mortal as to small properties that he used to be — Rachel Henning >

Mortal A Death Synonyms From Adjective Noun Mortals