Tom's fitful movements only barely resembled dancing.
Source: tatoeba (10752550)
Fitful
//ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l//
Synonyms for "fitful" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
dizzyeccentriceclampticepisodicerraticfast and looseficklefidgetyfitlyfittinglyflickeringflightyflittingfluctuatingformlessfreakishfrivolousgiddygratuitousguttering
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haltinghaphazardherky-jerkyheteroclitehit-or-missimmethodicalimpetuousimpulsiveinchoateincoherentinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindiscriminateinfirmintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejaggedjerkingjerkyjiggetyjumpyjustlylurchingmazymeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmoodynicelynoncontinuousnonlinearnonsequentialnonserialnonsymmetricalnonsystematic
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (104)
nonuniformoccasionalon-again-off-againorderlessorgasmicparentheticparentheticalpatchyperiodicplanlesspromiscuousproperlyramblingrandomrecurrentrestlessrightlyroughrovingsaltatory
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scatterbrainedscrappysenselessshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingsnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglysuspendedsystemlesstwitchetytwitchingtwitchyunaccountableunarrangeduncertainunclassifiedunconnecteduncontrolledundependableundirectedundisciplinedunequalunevenunfixedungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunorderedunorganizedunpredictableunregularunreliableunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsuccessiveunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformvacillatingvagrantvaguevariablevaryingveeringvellicativevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobbly
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- на пресекулки adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- прекъснат adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Dutch
2 entries- grillig adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- onregelmatig adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
French
2 entries- irrégulier adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- sporadique adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Georgian
1 entries- იმპულსური adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
German
1 entries- unregelmäßig adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Hindi
1 entries- अशांत adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Italian
4 entries- a singhiozzo adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- irregolare adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- rapsodico adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- sporadico adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Māori
1 entries- pūrekereke adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Polish
1 entries- niespokojny adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Russian
4 entries- перемежающийся adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- порывистый adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- прерывистый adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- судорожный adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Spanish
2 entries- inestable adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
- irregular adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đứt quãng adj (characterized by sudden bursts of activity with periods of inactivity in between — see also intermittent, irregular)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Ziri threw a fitful of mud on Rima's face and ran away.
Source: tatoeba (11171409)
Duncane is in his Graue: After Lifes fitfull Feuer, he ſleepes well, Treaſon ha's done his worſt: not Steele, not Poyſon, Mallice domeſtique, forraine Leuie, nothing, Can touch him further.
Source: wiktionary
His breathing was fitful.
Source: wiktionary
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