22
strained(verb, adjective, difficult, true, awkward)
15
artificial(adjective, strong, fake, false, cold)
14
constrained(verb, adjective, strong, cold, certain)
12
stiff(adjective, hard, difficult, unusual, strange)
12
unnatural(adjective, strong, fake, false, unusual)
11
affected(adjective, difficult, stiff, pretentious, artificial)
11
coerced(verb, adjective, affected, strained, unnatural)
11
stilted(adjective, strong, unusual, cold, strange)
10
bound(verb, adjective, affected, strained, unnatural)
10
laboured(adjective, strained)
10
labored(adjective, strong, hard, difficult, false)
10
mannered(adjective, strong, cold, stiff, affected)
9
compulsory(adjective, affected, willing, strained, unnatural)
9
contrived(adjective, difficult, true, affected, artificial)
9
fake(adjective, pretentious, artificial)
8
compelled(verb, adjective, certain, determined, restrained)
8
feigned(adjective, insincere, put-on)
6
enforced(verb, adjective, affected, strained, unnatural)
6
formal(adjective, strong, cold, stiff, affected)
6
factitious(adjective, affected, strained, unnatural)
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