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Meaning of UNNATURAL

Pronunciation:  un'nachurul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
  2. [adj]  distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"
  3. [adj]  not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"
 
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 Synonyms: affected, agonistic, artificial, constrained, contrived, eerie, eery, elocutionary, forced, grotesque, mannered, monstrous, plummy, spooky, stilted, strained, ugly, uncanny, unco, violent
 
 Antonyms: natural, unaffected
 
 See Also: deliberate, paranormal, studied, supernatural

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a.
Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of
nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes.
Syn: See {Factitious}. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ly}, adv. --
     {Un*nat"u*ral*ness}, n.
 

 

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