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Webster 1913 Edition


Contranatural

Con′tra-nat′u-ral

(?; 135)
,
Adj.
Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.
[R.]
Bp. Rust.

Webster 1828 Edition


Contranatural

CONTRANATURAL

,
Adj.
Opposite to nature. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


contranatural

contranatural

English

Adjective

contranatural (comparative more contranatural, superlative most contranatural)

  1. Opposed to or against nature; unnatural.
    • Bishop Rust
      For it is the perfection of every being to act according to the principle of its nature, and it is the nature of an arbitrarious principle to act or not, to do or undo, upon no account but its own will and pleasure; to be determined and tied up, either by itself, or from abroad, is violent and contranatural.

Spanish

Adjective

contranatural m, f (plural contranaturales)

  1. contranatural; unnatural