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Antonyms for supernatural


Grammar : Adj
Spell : soo-per-nach-er-uh l, -nach-ruh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsu pərˈnætʃ ər əl, -ˈnætʃ rəl



Definition of supernatural

Origin :
  • early 15c. "above nature, transcending nature, belonging to a higher realm," from Medieval Latin supernaturalis "above or beyond nature," from Latin super "above" (see super-) + natura "nature" (see nature). Originally with more of a religious sense, "of or given by God, divine; heavenly;" association with ghosts, etc., has predominated since c.1799.
  • adj mysterious, not of this world
Example sentences :
  • You might often believe in supernatural occurrences if it were not for the witnesses.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • In the classes above them the supernatural has been slain by the supercilious.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Certainly, many of the workings of Nature are wonderful, but they are not supernatural.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • With respect to the supernatural scenes I have beheld, the question is more difficult.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It could not have been that his 'foreknowledge' was supernatural.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Bunyan was perfectly satisfied that her death was supernatural.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Its scope, how limited.feeling as might mark the features for supernatural.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • The medical men were not singular in denying their supernatural origin.
  • Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
  • Then they went off, for they had not felt there the supernatural happiness they sought.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Even to his sober judgment, there came a suggestion of the uncanny, the supernatural.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Synonyms for supernatural

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