Definition of MORTAL

mortal

Plural: mortals

Noun

  • A human being, subject to death.
  • a human being
  • A human; someone susceptible to death.

Adjective

  • subject to death
    • "mortal beings"

Adjective Satellite

  • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
  • unrelenting and deadly
    • "mortal enemy"
  • causing or capable of causing death
    • "mortal combat"
    • "a mortal illness"

Adj

  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
  • Punishable by death.
  • Fatally vulnerable.
  • Of or relating to the time of death.
  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly.
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
  • Very drunk.
  • Causing spiritual death.

Adv

  • Mortally; enough to cause death.

Examples

  • a sermon lasting two mortal hours
  • Her wisdom was beyond that of a mere mortal.
  • It's mortal cold out there.
  • mortal enemy
  • mortal wit or knowledge; mortal power
  • The MORTAL player hoped their triple word score would finally secure victory.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mortal, mortel, from Old French mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). Partly displaced native deadly, from Old English dēadlīċ.

Scrabble Score: 8

mortal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mortal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mortal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

mortal: valid Words With Friends Word