Meaning

2 senses
  1. Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

    contrived joke

    contrived answer

    неесте́ственныйnejestéstvennyj, иску́сственно со́зданныйiskússtvenno sózdannyj, специа́льно со́зданныйspeciálʹno sózdannyj

  2. Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

    unnatürlich, gezwungen, gekünstelt

    неесте́ственныйnejestéstvennyj

More definitions
  • showing effects of planning or manipulation
  • artificially formal

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
created in a deliberate way:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unnatural, forced:

Forms

more contrived, most contrived
Comparativemore contrived Lesson
Superlativemost contrived Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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