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kənˈtraɪvdcon·trived
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Princeton's WordNet
contrivedadjective
showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending"
Synonyms:
artificial, stilted, hokeyAntonyms:
unplanned, unaffectedartificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective
artificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
Synonyms:
drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, unreal, hokey, bathetic, schmalzyAntonyms:
unaffected, unplanned
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List of paraphrases for "contrived":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5919 | artificial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#24701 | sentimental | |
#37301 | contrived | |
#55867 | mushy | |
#66259 | hokey | |
#88481 | maudlin | |
#92354 | stilted | |
#102515 | soupy | |
#108633 | kitschy | |
#123144 | slushy | |
#137192 | drippy | |
#177949 | soppy | |
#203989 | mawkish | |
#230687 | schmaltzy |
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I do preach the idea of individualism as in not adapting any kind of style or model other than that one of your own. I always found it strange in art history when studying about the different guilds and movements. It sounded too contrived and having to follow devised parameters to create art. I personally am not a team player in that manner. The art should be labeled by the artist's name only.
Like everyone in our city, state and across this nation, we mourned the senseless killing of Jacquelyn Smith. To now learn that family members staged this brutal killing is beyond belief and represents a double tragedy, they were responsible for taking Jacquelyn's life with unconscionable cruelty and contrived to do so in our city under the guise of random violence, exploiting the legitimate fears of our residents.
Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.
You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one.
The Renewable Fuels Association:
The recent spike in RIN prices appears contrived and driven by something other than basic supply-demand fundamentals.
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