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3 meanings

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1 —as in:
mortal body

Definition

human (especially merely human); or subject to death

Don't expect perfection of a mere mortal.

mortal = human

Other Uses (with this meaning)

In the story, she was neither a mortal nor a god. She was a demi-god.

mortal = human

People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live...[We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.
Albert Einstein (in a letter to Otto Juliusburger)
Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Raven
merchants stood as a driving force behind the heroes of the age of discovery; this first heroic impulse to conquer the world emanated from very mortal forces—in the beginning, there was spice.
Stefan Zweig
...what mortal imagination could conceive it?
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

mortal = merely human

And that ever-so-slight tug holds me to the finite and mortal world below.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

mortal = human (especially merely human)

Suddenly the broad disk of the moon arose and shone full upon his ghastly and distorted shape as he fled with more than mortal speed.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

mortal = human

"... Our helper He a-mid the floods," wafted out across the Common in the tempo of a football march, "Of mortal ills prevailing!"
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

mortal = human (especially merely human)

If he go through a doorway, he must open the door like a mortal.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

mortal = human

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2 —as in:
a mortal wound

Definition

causing death

Have the detectives determined who struck the mortal blow?

mortal = causing death

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It was a slow death from the mortal injury.

mortal = causing death

Such mortal drugs I have;
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

mortal = lethal (causing death)

Look down on a poor soul in worse than mortal peril.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

mortal = deadly (causing death)

Redd screeched, and again The Cat felt the stinging, mortal blow of her scepter.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

mortal = deadly (causing death)

I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

mortal = lethal (causing death)

And, of course, Rostam inflicting a mortal wound onto his son, the warrior Sohrab.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

mortal = lethal (causing death)

Roll'd from his chariot with a mortal wound,
Virgil -- The Aeneid

mortal = causing death

Hold fast the mortal sword,
William Shakespeare -- Macbeth

mortal = deadly (causing death)

a serpent armed with mortal sting.
John Milton -- Paradise Lost

mortal = causing death

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3 —as in:
felt mortal agony

Definition

extreme or intense

They are mortal enemies.

mortal = intense

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She was in mortal fear of seeing him.

mortal = extreme or intense

He saw the world as a battlefield in which the children of light were locked in mortal conflict with the sons of darkness.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

mortal = intense

I am in mortal terror at this turn, for I haven't any idea what the things are called professionally.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

mortal = extreme

It was a frightening pain, because he could not see what was happening, and he had the feeling that some mortal injury was being done to him.
George Orwell -- 1984

mortal = extreme

Alyss turned for a last look at the raging Cat, at the brave chessmen who had put themselves in mortal danger for her sake.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

mortal = extreme

Meanwhile, nevertheless, it was sad to think of the perchance mortal agony through which he must struggle towards his triumph.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

mortal = extreme

Tears, unrestrained, fell from my brother's eyes; a sense of mortal agony crept over my frame.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

mortal = extreme

She looked like a woman who walked in mortal fear...
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

mortal = extreme

From what I could gather on the rare occasions when Isaac shared with the group, a recurrence had placed his remaining eye in mortal peril.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

mortal = extreme

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