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Unnatural

adjective

Not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature. "The child's unnatural interest in death"

Not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm. Synonym: abnormal. "Abnormal amounts of rain" , "Abnormal circumstances" , "An abnormal interest in food"

Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression. Synonym: affected.

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"Unnatural" Quotes from Famous Books

... aloud like children, and neither of us attempting to offer consolation to the other. Such weakness can scarcely be conceived, and to those who have never been similarly situated will, no doubt, appear unnatural; but it must be remembered that our intellects were so entirely disordered by the long course of privation and terror to which we had been subjected, that we could not justly be considered, at that period, in the light of rational beings. In subsequent perils, ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... with Germany and Austria, although there was no greater hate before the war than that between Italians and Austrians; and the Great General Staff believed that Italy would remain in this unnatural alliance, would fight in order to give the Germans and the German-Austrians the domination of Europe. The victory of the Central Empires would have placed Italy under that Austrian influence from which in her struggle for freedom under the leadership of Cavour, Garibaldi and Victor Emanuel ...

— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard

... of good sense and entertainment. The neglect of the readers will soon put an end to this sort of scribbling. There can be no pleasantry where there is no wit, no impression can be made where there is no truth for the foundation. To conclude: they are like the fruits of the earth in this unnatural season; the corn which held up its head is spoiled with rankness, but the greater part of the harvest is laid along, and little of good income and wholesome nourishment is received into the barns. This is almost a digression, I confess to your lordship; ...

— Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry • John Dryden

... unnatural in such feeling at your age. When you are older you will smile at such moods, and at the mishaps that gave rise ...

— Two on a Tower • Thomas Hardy

... surreptitious glances in the mirror opposite.) Her eyes are bright blue with long dark lashes, and she has a mouth too pretty to describe, fitted up with a set of the loveliest natural teeth one could see in these days of the dentist; it is so perfect that it seems unnatural and a sad pity that it should sometimes be the outlet of censorious remarks about less beautiful sisters, but its owner is very young and not surrounded by the best of influences at present, and no doubt will have better sense as ...

— Some Everyday Folk and Dawn • Miles Franklin

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