| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
not regular; artificial |
| Synonyms: |
aberrant,
abnormal,
affected,
anomalous,
assumed,
bizarre, concocted,
contrary,
contrived,
ersatz*,
extraordinary, fabricated, factitious,
false, feigned,
forced, freakish, freaky,
imitation,
incredible,
insincere,
irregular, labored, made-up, make-believe,
odd,
outlandish,
outrageous,
perverse,
perverted,
phony,
preposterous,
pseudo*, put-on,
queer, staged,
stiff, stilted,
strained,
strange,
studied,
supernatural,
synthetic,
theatrical, unaccountable,
uncanny, unconforming,
unorthodox,
unusual
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| Antonyms: |
acceptable, genuine, natural, real
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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