Supernatural
[,suːpə'nætʃ(ə)r(ə)l;,sjuː-] or [,supɚ'nætʃrəl]
Definition
(noun.) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; 'She doesn't believe in the supernatural'.
(adj.) not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; 'supernatural forces and occurrences and beings' .
Edited by Ian--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Miraculous, above nature, beyond the powers of nature, that exceeds the laws of nature.
Edited by Clare
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INFERIORITY]
Checker: Monroe
Definition
adj. above or beyond the powers of nature: not according to the usual course of nature: miraculous: spiritual.—v.t. Supernat′uralise to bring into the supernatural sphere.—ns. Supernat′uralism the belief in the influence of the supernatural in the world; Supernat′uralist a believer in the supernatural.—adj. of or pertaining to the supernatural.—adj. Supernaturalist′ic.—adv. Supernat′urally.—n. Supernat′uralness.
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Examples
- The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With wonderful quickness, and with a strength both of will and action, that appeared quite supernatural, he forced all these changes upon him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She sat like a strange queen, almost supernatural in her glowing smiling richness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was superhumanly strong, and unflawed, as if invested with supernatural force. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His eyes were looking steadily into hers all the time, and he seemed fixed in an odd supernatural steadfastness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No supernatural thing has ever happened to me. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It seemed supernatural. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Now, with an effort almost supernatural, he threw me from him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Why, continued I, half ashamed of myself, upon my word and honour, I do confess I thought you something supernatural! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Armed with supernatural strength, he waded through the sand, until, exhausted with fatigue and thirst, he fell senseless on the earth. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome, and almost intolerable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was as if the angel of death were very near, there was a sense of the supernatural in the air. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was inevitable as a supernatural being. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Neither did the Rabbins disown such acquaintance with supernatural arts, which added nothing (for what could add aught? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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