preternatural
71superhuman — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sublime, divine; Olympian, Jovian; herculean, preterhuman, phenomenal, extraordinary. See unconformity, superiority. Ant., human, subhuman, normal. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. supernatural,… …
72uncanny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mysterious, eerie, ghostly, weird, unnatural. See demon, death, fear. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. weird, unnatural, inexplainable, supernatural, preternatural, superhuman, ghostly, mystifying,… …
73unearthly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. supernatural, uncanny, ghostly, spectral, eerie, weird, exceptional (inf.), unusual (inf.); appalling, hair raising. See demon. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ghoulish, frightening, ghastly, fiendish,… …
74unnatural — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. artificial, factitious; affected, stagy, insincere; strange, abnormal, foreign; monstrous, freakish, misshapen; merciless, cold. See affectation, malevolence, unconformity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1 …
75transcendental — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. transcendent, primordial, original, intuitive, intellectual, beyond grasp, unintelligible, innate, vague, obscure, fantastic. Ant. clear*, evident, obvious. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [tran sen… …
76preternaturalness — noun see preternatural * * * preternatˈuralness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑preternatural …
77pre|ter|nat|u|ral|ism — «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uh LIHZ uhm, NACH ruh LIHZ », noun. 1. preternatural character or condition. 2. the recognition of the preternatural …
78pre´ter|nat´u|ral|ness — pre|ter|nat|u|ral «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural:… …
79pre´ter|nat´u|ral|ly — pre|ter|nat|u|ral «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural:… …
80pre|ter|nat|u|ral — «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural: »Eglinton Wood a… …
