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- pronunciation:
- mor
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not living forever; having to die some day.
All animals are mortal.- antonyms:
- immortal
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| definition 2: |
having to do with human beings; human.
Atoms cannot be seen with our mortal eyes.- synonyms:
- human
- antonyms:
- divine
- similar words:
- bodily, terrestrial
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| definition 3: |
causing or likely to cause death; fatal.
The knight raised his sword and gave the dragon a mortal blow.- synonyms:
- deadly, fatal
- similar words:
- malignant, terminal
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| definition 4: |
great and very intense; terrible and continuing.
Some people have a mortal fear of spiders.- synonyms:
- terrible
- similar words:
- enormous, excruciating, extreme, grave, great, severe
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a human being.
The movie was about an alien who wanted to be a mortal.- synonyms:
- human, individual, person, soul
- similar words:
- creature, man, woman
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| related words: |
being, human, life, person |
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| derivation: |
mortally (adv.) |
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