unnaturalness
111preternaturalness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being abnormal: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviancy, deviation, irregularity, unnaturalness. See GOOD, USUAL …
112factitiousness — n. artificiality; unnaturalness; falseness …
113Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The — Short novel (51,500 words); written late January–March 1, 1927. First published (abridged) in WT (May and July 1941); first collected in BWS;corrected text in MM;annotated version in TD. Joseph Curwen, a learned scholar and man of affairs,… …
114unnatural — adjective 1》 contrary to nature; abnormal. 2》 affected; not spontaneous. Derivatives unnaturally adverb unnaturalness noun …
115affectation — n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner, pretence, false pretence, artificiality, unnaturalness, stiffness, finical air, mincingness, foppery …
116fantastic — 1 chimerical, visionary, fanciful, imaginary, quixotic Analogous words: extravagant, extreme (see EXCESSIVE): incredible, unbelievable, implausible (see affirmative adjectives at PLAUSIBLE): preposterous, absurd (see FOOLISH): irrational,… …
117smile — vb Smile, grin, simper, smirk are comparable as verbs meaning to express amusement or pleasure or satisfaction or, sometimes, contempt or indulgence, by a brightening of the eyes and an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and as nouns… …
118affectation — n 1. pretension, pretentiousness, af fectedness, unnaturalness, studiedness, artificial manner; simulation, make believe, artificiality, insincerity; posing, posturing, peacockery; foppery, dandyism, coxcombry. 2. pretense, show, false show, mere …
119art — n 1. skill, skillfulness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, mastery, artistry; aptitude, facility, address, dispatch, ready skill, Inf. know how; ingenuity, cleverness, talent, flair, knack, genius, way, touch, feel, hang, trick. 2. cunning,… …
120deviation — n 1. veer, veering, curve, curving, turn, turning, swerve, swerving, bend, bending; tacking, wheeling, wheeling about, swinging about; shift, shifting, switch, switching, shunting, straying, drifting, roving, divagating; digression, digressing,… …
