contrived

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

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.

contrive

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

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Sinonieme

artificial

stilted

hokey

designed

invented

cookedup

devised

planned

cruddy

ersatz

factitious

far-fetched

flimsy

gilded

imitation

implausible

inelegant

intentional

made-up

mannered

plummy

prepared

shoddy

stagey

stagy

synthetic

tall

trite

unbelievable

unconvincing

affected

arty-crafty

fine-spun

la-di-da

niminy-piminy

artsy-craftsy

arranged

artful

arty

cheap

constrained

constructed

contemplated

Vertalings

bedrieglijk

slinks

artificiel

erfand

forcé

forçat

artificial

gemacht

faktitiv

gekünstelt

käsig

popelig

Scheiß…

poplig

mies

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