Mannered

Synonyms for "mannered" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

affected allusive arrogant artificial behaved behavioral behaviored behaviorist behavioristic camp ceremonial

Adjective(4 words)

Strong matches (21)

conscious contrived demeanored elaborate elaborated euphuistic figurative figured flowery forced genteel gongoresque gongoristic gracious high-hat highfalutin histrionic hoity-toity

Adjective(2 words)

contrived courteous

Verb(1 words)

drawling

Related words (35)

hyperelegant hypocritical insincerela-di-damaniere marinistic metaphorical ornamented overacted overdone overelaborate overelegant overnice overrefined pompous posed precieuse precieux precious pretentious

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pseudoput onreferential self-conscious stagy stiff stilted studied theatrical trolatitious tropological unnatural

Verb(1 words)

intoned

Adjective(2 words)

polite pretentious

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More general

1 entries

adjective

More specific

5 entries

cultivated decorous formal stylized theatrical

Collocations

6 entries

mannered behaviormannered discoursemannered presentationmannered prosemannered tonewell mannered

Inflections

2 entries

more manneredmost mannered

Derivations

2 entries

mannerliness mannerly

similar

2 entries

affected unnatural

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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Children aren't naturally obedient any more than they're naturally well mannered.

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The dog is well mannered.

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It's better to be a good person who swears like a trooper than a quiet well mannered piece of shit.

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Tom is well mannered.

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