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Synonyms for contrived
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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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.
There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.
As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one.
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