forcedness
Lack of naturalness
Forcedness is the quality of seeming strained, unnatural, or contrived.
It describes the awkwardness that results when something is made to happen rather than flowing naturally: The forcedness of his laughter made everyone uncomfortable.
The word often applies to performances, conversations, or smiles that lack genuine feeling.
State of seeming contrived
- contrivanceClever invention or scheme
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
fakeness · phoniness · inauthenticity · simulation · imitation · fabrication · feigning · pretension
Irresistible urge to act
- duressCoercion through threats
- pressureForce upon contact
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
obligation · involuntariness · mandating · intimidation · arm-twisting · strong-arming · bulldozing · railroading
Applied energy toward goals
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- laboringWorking strenuously
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- tensionStretched or strained state
stress · overexertion · pushing · straining · difficulty · laboriousness · toil · grind
unnaturalness
State of seeming contrived
- contrivanceClever invention or scheme
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
pretense · fakeness · phoniness · inauthenticity · simulation · imitation · fabrication · feigning · pretension · stiltedness
compulsion
Irresistible urge to act
- duressCoercion through threats
- pressureForce upon contact
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
imposition · obligation · involuntariness · mandating · intimidation · arm-twisting · strong-arming · bulldozing · railroading · pressuring
effort
Applied energy toward goals
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- laboringWorking strenuously
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
tension · stress · overexertion · pushing · straining · difficulty · laboriousness · toil · grind · heaviness
forcednessnaturalness
Unaffected, uncontrived quality
spontaneity · artlessness · unaffectedness · authenticity · genuineness
forcednesseffortlessness
Quality of seeming unstrained
ease · fluency · fluidity · smoothness · grace
force, forced, forceful, enforce, forces, reinforce, enforced, forcing, reinforced