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Synonyms & Antonyms for mortal
Synonyms: Adjective
baleful, deadly, deathly, fatal, fell, killer, lethal, murderous, pestilent, terminal, vital
Synonyms: Noun
baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, life, man, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight
Antonyms: Adjective
healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome
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Examples of mortal in a Sentence
Adjective
Every living creature is mortal. He suffered a mortal wound in the battle.Noun
stories about gods interfering in the lives of mortals the troubles that come to ordinary mortals
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Early Christianity struggled with suicide, as the notion of mortal life as the prelude to a paradisiacal existence actively encouraged early retirement from life, due in part to the ambiguous wording by Paul in Acts 20.24. — Simon Harold Walker, Time, "If We Want to Address the Crisis of Veteran Suicide, We Must Acknowledge Its History," 6 Sep. 2019 The show’s paper-thin plot has to do with the young god, son of glittery Zeus (Michael Roberts) and Hera (Tar-Shay Margaret Williams), rendered mortal on Earth by Bart’s snarky Hades, and smitten with Rodriguez’s feisty Megara. — Peter Marks, Washington Post, "‘Hercules’ proves strong enough to lift all of Central Park, but only for a few days," 5 Sep. 2019 Osaka looked dazzling at times and mortal at others. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Five Thoughts on Day 2 of the U.S. Open: Upsets Galore on the Men's Side," 27 Aug. 2019 Well, Zeus really got around, so even an incomplete list has more than enough divine, semi-divine and mortal lovers and their children to keep Moony McMoonface off the table for a long time. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Astronomers Name Five of Jupiter’s New Moons," 27 Aug. 2019 With Madison Bumgarner riding a hot streak and Merrill Kelly in a funk, with the Giants playing well and the Diamondbacks ice cold, Sunday’s series finale felt like a game that was a mortal lock to go a certain direction. — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, "Diamondbacks ride roller coaster, strong Merrill Kelly outing to beat Giants," 18 Aug. 2019 In ancient Greek star lore, Perseus is the son of the god Zeus and the mortal Danae, according to EarthSky. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Catch a shooting star: The summer's best meteor shower – the Perseids – peak tonight," 12 Aug. 2019 The half-mortal strongman must become a hero to rejoin the gods on Mount Olympus. — Los Angeles Times, "Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019," 11 Aug. 2019 No artwork could bear as protracted, or as intimate, a portrait of its maker’s mortal trajectory through the world as his shoes. — Will Heinrich, New York Times, "Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley," 8 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Science + Tech = MACH What sets freewheeling tech billionaire Elon Musk apart from us mere mortals? — Alexander Smith, NBC News, "Amazon wildfires could be 'game over' for climate change fight: The Morning Rundown," 23 Aug. 2019 The fulfilling of your VARian Dystopia was, well, close to Utopia for us fans of the mere mortals. — SI.com, "7 of the Best Moments From an Enthralling Weekend of Premier League Action," 19 Aug. 2019