mortal
Fated to die
Mortal means subject to death—the defining condition of human existence, as opposed to gods or immortals: We are all mortal.
As a noun, a mortal is a human being: No mortal could survive that fall.
Mortal also intensifies: a mortal enemy threatens your very life, mortal combat ends in death, mortal sin kills the soul.
She lived in mortal fear of being discovered.
People as a whole
- humanHomo sapiens individual
- personHuman individual
- mankindCollective term for people
- earthlingInhabitant of this planet
being · creature · individual · soul · flesh · corporeal · embodied · worldly
Able to cause expiration
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- deathlyResembling the grave
- killingCausing death deliberately
terminal · death-dealing · life-threatening · murderous · destructive · annihilating · devastating · ruinous
Easily broken or damaged
- frailWeak and breakable
- weakLacking power or force
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
breakable · delicate · perishable · finite · limited · fallible · imperfect · endangered
Hostile opponent
- adversaryEnemy in conflict
- nemesisPersistent source of ruin
- rivalOne who competes against
- antagonistOne who opposes another
opponent · archenemy · sworn · implacable · bitter · deadly · irreconcilable · vendetta
Advanced in age
- agedAdvanced in years
- agingGrowing older over time
- senescentBecoming old
- decliningDecreasing in strength
geriatric · elder · senior · old · mature · decrepit · withering · fading
Extreme in degree
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- extremeFurthest from moderate
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- grievousCausing intense suffering
terrible · profound · utmost · absolute · unrelenting · excruciating · unbearable · overwhelming
humanity
People as a whole
earthling · being · creature · individual · soul · flesh · corporeal · embodied · worldly · temporal
deadly
Able to cause expiration
killing · terminal · death-dealing · life-threatening · murderous · destructive · annihilating · devastating · ruinous · doom
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- frailWeak and breakable
- weakLacking power or force
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
defenseless · breakable · delicate · perishable · finite · limited · fallible · imperfect · endangered · exposed
foe
Hostile opponent
antagonist · opponent · archenemy · sworn · implacable · bitter · deadly · irreconcilable · vendetta · feud
elderly
Advanced in age
declining · geriatric · elder · senior · old · mature · decrepit · withering · fading · twilight
intense
Extreme in degree
grievous · terrible · profound · utmost · absolute · unrelenting · excruciating · unbearable · overwhelming · consuming
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, demise, death certificate
- -al adjectivescultural, emotional, environmental, federal, financial
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
- humanityhuman, human being, humans, people, mankind
- existenceexistence, being, lives, reality, life
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
mortalnonlethal
Not causing death
nonfatal · harmless · survivable · minor · superficial
- mortal remainsA deceased person's body
- mortal enemyLethal sworn adversary
- mere mortalRegular person, not godlike
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- mortal sinsGravest religious transgressions
- mortgage ratesCost of borrowing for property
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