contrived

contrived

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹʌɪvd/

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Verb

contrived

1. simple past tense and past participle of contrive

Adjective

contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

1. Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
2. 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)