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mor·tal M0429700 (môr′tl)adj.1. a. Liable or subject to death; not immortal: mortal beings.b. Of or relating to humans as being subject to death: "When we have shuffled off this mortal coil" (Shakespeare).2. a. Causing death; fatal: a mortal wound. See Synonyms at fatal.b. Fought to the death: mortal combat.c. Relentlessly hostile; implacable: a mortal enemy.3. a. Of great intensity or severity; dire: mortal terror.b. Conceivable; imaginable: no mortal reason for us to go.c. Used as an intensive: a mortal fool.n. A human.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mortālis, from mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
mor′tal·ly adv.mortal (ˈmɔːtəl) adj1. (Biology) (of living beings, esp human beings) subject to death2. (Biology) of or involving life or the world3. (Pathology) ending in or causing death; fatal: a mortal blow. 4. deadly or unrelenting: a mortal enemy. 5. of or like the fear of death; dire: mortal terror. 6. great or very intense: mortal pain. 7. possible: there was no mortal reason to go. 8. slang long and tedious: for three mortal hours. n9. a mortal being10. informal a person: a mean mortal. [C14: from Latin mortālis, from mors death] ˈmortally advmor•tal (ˈmɔr tl)
adj. 1. subject to death; having a transitory life: mortal creatures. 2. of or pertaining to human beings as subject to death: this mortal life. 3. belonging to this world. 4. implacable; relentless: a mortal enemy. 5. severe; dire; grievous: in mortal fear. 6. causing or liable to cause death; fatal: a mortal wound. 7. to the death: mortal combat. 8. of or pertaining to death. 9. long and wearisome. 10. extreme; very great: in a mortal hurry. 11. conceivable; possible: of no mortal value to the owners. 12. involving spiritual death: mortal transgressions. n. 13. a human being. [1325–75; Middle English < Latin mortālis=mort- (s. of mors) death + -ālis -al1] mor′tal•ly, adv. syn: See fatal. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mortal - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"individual, person, somebody, someone, soulorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlycausal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or resultspersonality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self"adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onwardadventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risksunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusualapplicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admissionappointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or positioncapitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animalschanger, modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu"color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in huecommon man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no titlecommunicator - a person who communicates with otherscontestant - a person who participates in competitionscoward - a person who shows fear or timiditycreator - a person who grows or makes or invents thingscontroversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversyapplied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problemsentertainer - a person who tries to please or amuseexperimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry"expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfullyface - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babiesindividualist - a person who pursues independent thought or actiondenizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular placeaborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil"inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evilintellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creativelyjuvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedlover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someoneloved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your familyleader - a person who rules or guides or inspires othersmale person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babiesmoney dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out moneynational, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deitynonworker - a person who does nothingcompeer, equal, peer, match - a person who is of equal standing with another in a groupbeholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | | Adj. | 1. | mortal - subject to death; "mortal beings"finite - bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extentearthly - of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; "earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"immortal - not subject to death | | 2. | mortal - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"deadlytheology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truthunpardonable - not admitting of pardon; "unpardonable behavior" | | 3. | mortal - unrelenting and deadly; "mortal enemy"merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" | | 4. | mortal - causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"deadly, deathlyfatal - bringing death |
mortaladjective1. human, worldly, passing, earthly, fleshly, temporal, transient, ephemeral, perishable, corporeal, impermanent, sublunary Man is designed to be mortal.2. fatal, killing, terminal, deadly, destructive, lethal, murderous, death-dealing a mortal blow to terrorism3. unrelenting, bitter, sworn, deadly, relentless, to the death, implacable, out-and-out, irreconcilable, remorseless Broadcasting was regarded as the mortal enemy of live music.4. great, serious, terrible, enormous, severe, extreme, grave, intense, awful, dire, agonizing She lived in mortal fear that one day she would be found out.5. unpardonable, unforgivable, irremissible Masturbation is considered a mortal sin by the church.noun1. human being, being, man, woman, body, person, human, individual, earthling impossible needs for any mere mortal to meetQuotations
"What fools these mortals be!" [William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream]mortaladjective1. Of or characteristic of human beings or mankind:human.2. Causing or tending to cause death:deadly, deathly, fatal, lethal, vital.3. Capable of being anticipated, considered, or imagined:conceivable, earthly, imaginable, likely, possible, thinkable.Idioms: humanly possible, within the bounds of possibility.nounA member of the human race:being, body, creature, homo, human, human being, individual, life, man, party, person, personage, soul.Translationsmortal (ˈmoːtl) adjective1. liable to die; unable to live for ever. Man is mortal. 終將死亡的 终有一死的，必死的 2. of or causing death. a mortal illness; mortal enemies (= enemies willing to fight each other till death); mortal combat. 致命的 致命的 noun a human being. All mortals must die sometime. 凡人 凡人morˈtality (-ˈtӕ-) noun1. the state of being mortal. 生命有限 致命性2. (also mortality rate) the number of deaths in proportion to the population; the death rate. infant mortality. 亡率 死亡率ˈmortally adverb in such a way as to cause death. He has been mortally wounded. 致命地 致命地mortal sin (especially in Roman Catholicism) a very serious sin, as a result of which the soul is damned for ever. 不可寬恕的罪行(天主教) 不可宽恕的罪行mortalenUK
mere mortalA human, and therefore capable of mistakes. The phrase emphasizes someone's humanity and fallibility. I have to make my expectations more realistic and realize that she's a mere mortal. Presidents are bound to make mistakes—they're mere mortals, just like the rest of us.See also: mere, mortalshuffle off this mortal coilTo die. An allusion to a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which Hamlet muses on what happens to the spirit after death. I've been giving my money away to my children over the past few years—I don't want them squabbling over it when I shuffle off this mortal coil. I heard that Jenkins shuffled off this mortal coil over the weekend.See also: coil, mortal, off, shuffle, thisshuffle off1. Literally, to leave or depart while dragging or sliding one's feet. The child shuffled off after being scolded by his parents. We all shuffled off back to our desks after the lunch break ended.2. To leave or depart, especially slowly, gradually, or reluctantly. The party carried on into the night, and people didn't start shuffling off until nearly dawn. The student shuffled off dejectedly out of class after finding out she'd gotten a D on her test.3. To dispose, get rid, or divest oneself of something, especially in a hasty or evasive manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "shuffle" and "off", in which case it is usually followed by "(on)to (someone or something)." The politician has been shuffling off his investments in the company to avoid public perception of corruption. We've been shuffling these tasks off to our smaller teams to allow our bigger teams to focus on our more important projects.4. To avoid, evade, or neglect something, especially some duty or responsibility. A noun or pronoun can be used between "shuffle" and "off", in which case it is usually followed by "(on)to (someone or something)." We all shuffled off classes for the day and took the train out to Coney Island. It came to light that Bill had been shuffling his reports off onto his secretary so that he could go out drinking.See also: off, shuffleshuffle off this mortal coilEuph. to die. (Often jocular or formal euphemism. Not often used in consoling someone.) Cousin Fred shuffled off this mortal coil after suffering a heart attack. When I shuffle off this mortal coil, I want to go out in style—bells, flowers, and a long, boring funeral.See also: coil, mortal, off, shuffle, thisshuffle off1. Get rid of, act evasively, as in They've tried to shuffle off public inquiries about the safety of their planes. This usage, dating from about 1600, also appears in the oft-quoted shuffle off this mortal coil, from Shakespeare's Hamlet (3:1), where it means "become freed from the turmoil of life," that is, "die." 2. Move away reluctantly, dragging one's feet, as in The prisoners shuffled off to their work detail. [Late 1500s] See also: off, shuffleshuffle off this mortal coil die. literary Shuffle off this mortal coil is a quotation from Shakespeare 's Hamlet. This mortal coil is sometimes used independently to mean ‘the fact or state of being alive’, with the suggestion that this is a troublesome state, since coil retains here its archaic sense of ‘turmoil’. 1986 Dudley Moore Off-Beat He was just one of a number of distinguished composers who have shuffled off their mortal coil in a variety of unusual ways. See also: coil, mortal, off, shuffle, thisshuffle off this mortal ˈcoil (old-fashioned or humorous) die: They believe that when they shuffle off this mortal coil their souls will become stars.This expression comes from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.See also: coil, mortal, off, shuffle, thisshuffle offv.1. To go with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet: The sleepy children shuffled off to bed.2. To leave; depart: Toward the end of the evening, the guests shuffled off one by one.3. To rid oneself of something; dispose of or relocate something: I have not been able to shuffle off my embarrassment. The computer program automatically shuffles the outdated files off to another disk.4. To evade or shirk something, such as a responsibility: He shuffled off his responsibilities and went to the beach. She shuffled her work off onto others because she wasn't feeling well.See also: off, shuffleshuffle off this mortal coilDie. This phrase that appears in Hamlet combines the archaic meaning of two words. “Shuffle” meant “rid,” while “coil” meant “troubles.” As Shakespeare put it, “What dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil / Must give us pause.”See also: coil, mortal, off, shuffle, thismortalenUK
mortal1. (of living beings, esp human beings) subject to death 2. of or involving life or the world 3. ending in or causing death; fatal mortalenUK
mortal [mor´t'l] 1. destined to die.2. fatal.mor·tal (mōr'tăl), 1. Pertaining to or causing death. 2. Destined to die. [L. mortalis, fr. mors, death] mor·tal (mōr'tăl) 1. Pertaining to or causing death. 2. Destined to die. [L. mortalis, fr. mors, death]mortalenUK
Related to mortal: mortal sin, mortal remainsSynonyms for mortaladj humanSynonyms- human
- worldly
- passing
- earthly
- fleshly
- temporal
- transient
- ephemeral
- perishable
- corporeal
- impermanent
- sublunary
adj fatalSynonyms- fatal
- killing
- terminal
- deadly
- destructive
- lethal
- murderous
- death-dealing
adj unrelentingSynonyms- unrelenting
- bitter
- sworn
- deadly
- relentless
- to the death
- implacable
- out-and-out
- irreconcilable
- remorseless
adj greatSynonyms- great
- serious
- terrible
- enormous
- severe
- extreme
- grave
- intense
- awful
- dire
- agonizing
adj unpardonableSynonyms- unpardonable
- unforgivable
- irremissible
noun human beingSynonyms- human being
- being
- man
- woman
- body
- person
- human
- individual
- earthling
Synonyms for mortaladj of or characteristic of human beings or mankindSynonymsadj causing or tending to cause deathSynonyms- deadly
- deathly
- fatal
- lethal
- vital
adj capable of being anticipated, considered, or imaginedSynonyms- conceivable
- earthly
- imaginable
- likely
- possible
- thinkable
noun a member of the human raceSynonyms- being
- body
- creature
- homo
- human
- human being
- individual
- life
- man
- party
- person
- personage
- soul
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