contrived

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/kənˈtɹaɪvd/ English

Definitions

verb

To invent by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.
To spend (time, or a period).

adjective

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

Related words

Synonyms

becast cast about hatch plan plot scheme staged artificial affected planned unnatural stilted man-made manmade human-made manufactured fired drawn

Antonyms

Associated

abetted horrid willingly melodrama acronym suspense predictable curious overly dial premise

Rhymes

derived deprived revived arrived strived thrived jived dived survived lived

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