Antonyms for contrived
kənˈtraɪvdcon·trived

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1. contrivedadjective

   showing effects of planning or manipulation

   "a novel with a contrived ending"

   Antonyms:
   unplanned, unaffected

   Synonyms:
   artificial, stilted, hokey

2. artificial, 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"

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, unplanned

   Synonyms:
   drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, unreal, hokey, bathetic, schmalzy

How to use contrived in a sentence?

1. Josh Billings:

   Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

2. The Weekly Standard Steve Hayes:

   This explains the shift from defiance to contrition, it's totally contrived, she doesn't mean a word of it.

3. Scott C. Holstad:

   reality is often little more than a mirror reflecting visions made of ice and steel cold permanent and carefully contrived.

4. Andrew Jackson:

   The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.

5. John F. Kennedy:

   The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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