contrived

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. showing effects of planning or manipulation (Freq. 1)
- a novel with a contrived ending
• Similar to:
planned
2. artificially formal
- that artificial humility that her husband hated
- contrived coyness
- a stilted letter of acknowledgment
- when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
• Syn:
artificial, hokey, stilted
• Similar to:
affected, unnatural

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  project, cast, throw, invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge, plan, design