| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
forced, pretended |
| Synonyms: |
artificial, at end of rope,
awkward, choked, constrained,
difficult,
embarrassed,
false, farfetched, hard put, in a state, labored, nervous wreck,
put,
self-conscious,
stiff, strung out,
taut,
tense,
tight,
uncomfortable,
uneasy, unglued,
unnatural, unrelaxed,
uptight, wired,
wreck*
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| Antonyms: |
genuine, unforced
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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