contrived

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹʌɪvd/
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Verb

contrived

simple past tense and past participle of contrive

Adjective

contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

Synonyms

staged

Antonyms

spontaneous

Translations

created in a deliberate way

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tahallinen (fi)

Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: krystad (sv)

unnatural, forced

Catalan: artificial (ca), forçat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不自然的 (bùzìrán de), 做作的 (zuòzuo de), 人為的, 人为的 (rénwéi de), 矯揉造作的, 矫揉造作的 (jiǎoróuzàozuò de)
Dutch: gekunsteld (nl), slinks (nl), bedrieglijk (nl), bij de haren getrokken
Finnish: väkinäinen (fi), teennäinen (fi), epäaito (fi)
French: artificiel (fr), forcé (fr), affecté (fr), feint (fr)
Georgian: არაბუნებრივი (arabunebrivi), ნაძალადევი (naʒaladevi)
Greek: σχεδιασμένος (el) m (schediasménos), σκηνοοθετημένος m (skinoothetiménos)

Irish: tacair
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppkonstruert, kunstig (no)
Polish: wydumany, sztuczny (pl), przekombinowany
Romanian: forțat (ro), artificial (ro)
Russian: неестественный (ru) (nejestestvennyj)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: krystad (sv)

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