unnaturalun‧nat‧u‧ral /ʌnˈnætʃərəl/ ●○○ adjective - unnatural acts
- unnatural colors
- Brown spoke out against what he considered the unnatural lifestyles of unmarried couples who live together.
- Father Gannon's laugh seemed forced and unnatural.
- In some countries, it's considered unnatural for women with families to want to work outside the home.
- It pushes women into unnatural shapes and ridiculous poses.
- It was a vivid reminder that descending the water column in a submarine is an unnatural act.
- Luke's stamp lay on her; in the swollen fullness of her lips and the unnatural brightness of her eyes.
- The unnatural state of his early years had been reversed.
- The artificial and unnatural were extolled.
not ordinary/not normal in a very bad way► abnormal very different from what is normal, in a way that is strange, worrying, or dangerous: · abnormal behaviour that may be a sign of mental illness· an abnormal chest x-ray· El Nino is caused by abnormal amounts of warm water in the Pacific Ocean.it is abnormal (for somebody) to do something: · My parents thought it was abnormal for a boy to be interested in ballet.
► unnatural different from normal human behaviour in a way that seems morally wrong: · unnatural acts· In some countries, it's considered unnatural for women with families to want to work outside the home.· Brown spoke out against what he considered the unnatural lifestyles of unmarried couples who live together.
► deviant formal deviant behaviour or actions are considered to be very strange and morally unacceptable -- often used about sexual or criminal behaviour: · The magazine shows people engaging in deviant sexual acts.· Certain practices that once were condemned as deviant are now considered fairly normal.
NOUN► death· In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death.· Not after all the unnatural deaths these last years had already witnessed.
nounnaturenaturalistnaturalismnaturalizationnaturalnessthe supernaturalnaturalnaturistnaturismadjectivenatural ≠ unnaturalsupernaturalnaturalisticadverbnaturally ≠ unnaturallynaturalisticallysupernaturallyverbnaturalize