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Webster 1828 Edition

Contrived

CONTRIVED

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Invented; planned; devised.

Definition 2024

contrived

contrived

English

Verb

contrived

simple past tense and past participle of contrive

Adjective

contrived ‎(comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

unnatural, forced

Synonyms

staged

Antonyms

spontaneous

Translations

unnatural, forced

Catalan: artificial (ca), forçat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: gekunsteld, slinks (nl), bedrieglijk (nl)
Finnish: väkinäinen (fi), teennäinen, epäaito (fi)
French: artificiel (fr), forcé (fr), affecté (fr), feint (fr)

Georgian: არაბუნებრივი ‎(arabunebrivi), ნაძალადევი ‎(naʒaladevi)
Greek: σχεδιασμένος (el) m ‎(schediasménos), σκηνοοθετημένος m ‎(skinoothetiménos)
Polish: wydumany, sztuczny (pl), przekombinowany
Romanian: forțat (ro), artificial (ro)
Russian: неестественный (ru) ‎(nejestestvennyj)
Swedish: krystad (sv)