different between fitful vs unnatural

English

Etymology

From fit +? -ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fitful (comparative more fitful, superlative most fitful)

1. Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.

   His breathing was fitful.

   • 1605, Shakespeare, Macbeth, act III

     […] Duncan is in his grave;

     After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 123

     The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]

   • 2012, The Economist, The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”

     So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.

Synonyms

• intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous

Derived terms

• fitfully
• fitfulness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English unnatural, unnaturel, equivalent to un- +? natural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?næt?????l/
• Hyphenation: un?nat?u?ral

Adjective

unnatural (comparative more unnatural, superlative most unnatural)

1. Not natural.
2. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere
3. Going against nature; perverse.

Antonyms

• natural

Derived terms

• unnaturally
• unnaturalness

Translations

Anagrams

• lunarnaut