Definitions

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  • adjective obsolete Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.

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  • adjective obsolete Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural.

Etymologies

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dis- + natured + -ed: compare Old French desnaturé, French dénaturé.

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Examples

  • Yet, he professed not to have prejudices in such matters, but to use any word that would serve his turn, without wincing; and he certainly did use and defend words, as undisprivacied and disnatured, that made others wince.

    Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878

  • I felt that it would take many returns to the Hamlet of Shakespeare to efface the impression of Mme. Bernhardt's Hamlet; and as I prepared to escape from my row of stalls in the darkening theatre, I experienced a noble shame for having seen the Dane so disnatured, to use Mr. Lowell's word.

    Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878

  • Yet, he professed not to have prejudices in such matters, but to use any word that would serve his turn, without wincing; and he certainly did use and defend words, as undisprivacied and disnatured, that made others wince.

    Studies of Lowell (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

  • I felt that it would take many returns to the Hamlet of Shakespeare to efface the impression of Mme. Bernhardt's Hamlet; and as I prepared to escape from my row of stalls in the darkening theatre, I experienced a noble shame for having seen the Dane so disnatured, to use Mr. Lowell's word.

    Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878

  • Time -- no distant time, perhaps, may place this 'foul disnatured' progeny of ours out of our power for good or for harm. "

    A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' Robert Carmichael-Smyth

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