contrived

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɹaɪvd/

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Verb

contrived

1. simple past and past participle of contrive

Adjective

contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

1. Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
2. Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

Synonyms

• staged

Antonyms

• spontaneous

Derived terms

• contrivedly
• contrivedness
• uncontrived

 

Translations

created in a deliberate way

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人為的／人为的 (rénwéi de), 刻意的 (kèyì de)

• Finnish: tarkoituksellinen (fi), teennäinen (fi), pakotettu (fi)
• Hungarian: megrendezett (hu), beállított (hu), kiagyalt (hu), kieszelt
• Spanish: intencional (es), deliberado (es)

unnatural, forced

• Catalan: artificial (ca), forçat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不自然的 (bùzìrán de), 做作的 (zuòzuo de), 人為的／人为的 (rénwéi de), 矯揉造作的／矫揉造作的 (jiǎoróuzàozuò de)

• Dutch: gekunsteld (nl), slinks (nl), bedrieglijk (nl), bij de haren getrokken
• Finnish: väkinäinen (fi), teennäinen (fi), epäaito (fi), pakotettu (fi)
• French: artificiel (fr), forcé (fr), affecté (fr), feint (fr)
• Georgian: არაბუნებრივი (arabunebrivi), ნაძალადევი (ka) (naʒaladevi)
• German: unnatürlich (de), gezwungen (de), gekünstelt (de), künstlich (de)
• Greek: σχεδιασμένος (el) (schediasménos), σκηνοοθετημένος (skinoothetiménos)
• Hungarian: mesterkélt (hu), erőltetett (hu), művi (hu), keresett (hu)
• Irish: tacair
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppkonstruert, kunstig (no)

• Polish: wydumany, sztuczny (pl), przekombinowany
• Romanian: forțat (ro), artificial (ro)
• Russian: неестественный (ru) (nejestestvennyj)
• Spanish: forzado (es), artificial (es)
• Swedish: krystad (sv), långsökt (sv)