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mortal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carnal adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  • deadly adj Capable of causing death.
  • fatal adj Causing death.
  • killing noun An act in which someone or something is killed.
  • mortal adjective Certain to die eventually; not immortal.

Senses

mortal is used for these senses in English:

  • carnal Worldly or earthly; temporal.
  • deadly Causing death; lethal.
  • fatal Causing death or destruction.
  • killing That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  • mortal Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]
  • mortal Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). [from 14th c.]
  • mortal A human; someone susceptible to death.

carnal — full definition

  1. adjective Relating to physical or sexual desires and pleasures rather than the mind or spirit.
  2. adjective Relating to the body rather than the spirit; worldly rather than spiritual.

deadly — full definition

  1. adj Capable of causing death.
  2. adj Extremely accurate or effective.
  3. adv Extremely; used to intensify an adjective.

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