Tom's fitful movements only barely resembled dancing.
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Fitful
/ˈfɪtf(ʊ)l/
Synonyms for "fitful" (202 found)
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ficklefidgetyfitlyfittinglyflickeringflightyflittingfluctuatingformlessfreakishfrivolousgiddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardherky-jerkyheteroclitehit-or-missimmethodical
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impetuousimpulsiveinchoateincoherentinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindiscriminateinfirmintermittentintermittinginterruptedirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejaggedjerkingjerkyjiggetyjumpyjustlylurchingmazymeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmoodynicelynoncontinuousnonlinearnonsequentialnonserialnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformoccasional
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (101)
on-again-off-againorderlessorgasmicparentheticparentheticalpatchyperiodicplanlesspromiscuousproperlyramblingrandomrecurrentrestlessrightlyroughrovingsaltatoryscatterbrainedscrappy
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senselessshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingsnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssporadicspottystaggeringstragglingstragglysuspendedsystemlesstwitchetytwitchingtwitchyunaccountableunarrangeduncertainunclassifiedunconnecteduncontrolledundependableundirectedundisciplinedunequalunevenunfixedungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunorderedunorganizedunpredictableunregularunreliableunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsortedunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsuccessiveunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformvacillatingvagrantvaguevariablevaryingveeringvellicativevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobbly
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4 entriesepisodic behaviorinconsistent focusintermittent sleepsporadic performance
Collocations
5 entriesfitful attentionfitful burstsfitful dreamsfitful rainfitful sleep
Inflections
2 entriesmore fitfulmost fitful
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3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample 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.
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