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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
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. 2019 This is the last time that the front-runners will be forced onto a stage beside challengers polling below levels detectable with mortal instruments. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "What to Expect on the Second Night of the Democratic Debate," 31 July 2019 But there are crucial differences between today’s resentments and the mortal combat of the past. — The Economist, "But their new partnership makes China a lot more equal than Russia," 25 July 2019 On a fateful day, some 66 million years ago, two such creatures, a 22-foot-long theropod and a 28-foot-long ceratopsian, engaged in mortal combat. — Jeremy P. Jacobs, Science | AAAS, "Are dinosaur fossils ‘minerals’? The Montana Supreme Court will decide high stakes case," 10 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Sharpe had five more TD catches than Jerry Rice in ‘94, and seven more than any fellow mortals. — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, "The Loop Fantasy Football Flashback: Greatest Receivers of the Century," 19 July 2019 Such a war would have dire ramifications for mortals who already have their hands full coping with the rigors of, say, high school. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "‘The Lightning Thief’ is a blast — and that’s no myth," 19 July 2019 The book’s ending leaves