ALL meanings of contrived
con·trived
C c - adjective contrived If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. 3
- adjective contrived If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing. 3
- adjective contrived obviously planned, artificial, or lacking in spontaneity; forced; unnatural 3
- adjective contrived too obviously the result of forethought and planning; not spontaneous or natural 3
- adjective contrived unnatural, forced 1
- adjective contrived devised, planned 1
- adjective contrived obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. 1
- verb with object contrived to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot. 1
- verb with object contrived to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes. 1
- verb with object contrived to plot (evil, treachery, etc.). 1
- verb without object contrived to form designs; plan. 1
- verb without object contrived to plot. 1
- noun contrived Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously. 1
- verb contrived simple past tense and past participle of contrive. 0
- adjective contrived unnatural, forced. 0