Antonyms for immortal


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-mawr-tl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɔr tl


Definition of immortal

Origin :
  • "deathless," late 14c., from Latin immortalis "deathless, undying," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mortalis "mortal" (see mortal (adj.)). In reference to fame, literature, etc., attested from 1510s (a sense also found in classical Latin). As a noun, from mid-17c.
  • adj death-defying, imperishable
  • adj famous
Example sentences :
  • Pericles has borne all his misfortunes with the dignity of an immortal.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • But better than his own immortal soul, he loved and doated upon gold!
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • If you have, you may have seen—nay, you must have seen—Richardson's immortal show.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Yet it were blasphemy to say that true love is other than immortal.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • No epoch of time can claim a copyright in these immortal fables.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A man is at once material and immaterial, mortal and immortal.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • How then am I to know what attributes denote the possession of the immortal spark?
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • What is all the learning in the world compared to his immortal soul?
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • But there were wise, immortal voices in certain caves and trees.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • But this immortality will have been purchased at the price of his immortal part.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

Synonyms for immortal

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