English Explanatory Dictionary

contrived

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of contrive
adj
  1. Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
  2. Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

Pronunciation

/kənˈtɹaɪvd/ en-us-contrived.ogg

Word forms

contrived more contrived most contrived

Synonyms

staged insincere factitious

Antonyms

spontaneous

Derived words

contrivedly contrivedness uncontrived
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