Associations to the word «Contrived»
Noun
- Ingenuity
- Pretence
- Quixote
- Vigilance
- Ebert
- Tact
- Scramble
- Pretext
- Overly
- Mischief
- Perceiving
- Escape
- Anu
- Cupboard
- Slip
- Render
- Sancho
- Habitation
- Plunder
- Captive
- Kieran
- Plot
- Ill
- Gallantry
- Pretension
- Scrape
- Cheat
- Lambda
- Throw
- Spite
- Manoeuvre
- Abbe
- Extravagance
- Acronym
- Richelieu
- Spaniard
- Invalid
- Dirt
- Reviewer
- Exertion
- Upside
- Rump
- Hiding
- Manner
- Countenance
- Bosom
- Modesty
- Ladyship
- Invention
- Seclusion
- Quarrel
- Falsehood
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CONTRIVED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of contrive
CONTRIVED, adjective. Unnatural, forced
Dictionary definition
CONTRIVED, adjective. Showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending".
CONTRIVED, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.