Synonyms for fitful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fit-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪt fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for fitful
Définition of fitful
Origin :- used once by Shakespeare ("Macbeth," 1605) in sense of "characterized by fits," then revived by Scott (1810) with a sense of "shifting, changing." From fit (n.2) + -ful. Related: Fitfully; fitfulness.
- adj irregular, sporadic
- So we waited, with only a decent pretence of interest in the fitful talk.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Twice more in all; but, the last spell of work was feeble and fitful.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- With these gloomy thoughts he fell at last into fitful slumber.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- Though he lay down in the entrance and slept, his sleep was fitful.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Occasionally it was fitful, and when summoned by irony remained at a distance.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- He was in a fitful slumber when Mrs. Baker called her husband to supper.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He walked to and fro in short, fitful steps, crying that there was no help, no help.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- They had some sort of aspirations, fitful and vague as these might be, to become in their time bookmen also.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- The breeze which had been fitful at best had died and complete silence had fallen.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- Was it a dream; was it the fitful vision of a disordered intellect?
- Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
Antonyms for fitful
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