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Contrived

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Simple past tense and past participle of contrive.

adj. unnatural, forced

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. showing effects of planning or manipulation

adj. artificially formal

Word Usage

"ANDERSON: Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright both have written letters to Robert Iger, the head of Disney, ABC's parent company, to complain about what they call contrived scenes which bear no relationship to actual events, and scenes that are false and defamatory."

Verb Form

contrived contrives contriving

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

create by mental act create mentally

Cross Reference

devise construct invent plant

Form

contriver contrivance

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

concert project plan invent discover hatch design plot scheme shift

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Clive Dr Dr. alive arrive clyve connive deprive derive dive