adjective
produced or kept up through effort
a forced laugh
Synonyms: farfetched, labored, strained
Related Word: coerced, compelled, constrained; artificial, factitious; unnatural; inflexible, rigid, stiff, wooden; exhausting, fatiguing
Contrasted words: easy, effortless, smooth; impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous; artless, natural, normal, unaffected, unsophisticated
Antonyms: unforced