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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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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.
reality is often little more than a mirror reflecting visions made of ice and steel cold permanent and carefully contrived.
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
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.
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