Forced
Forced adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: wasn't too excited about their wedding plans and so gave them a forced smile
Stiff is a synonym for forced in strained topic. In some cases you can use "Stiff" instead an adjective "Forced", when it comes to topics like false, compulsory.
Stiff
Stiff adjective - Incapable of or highly resistant to bending.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Wodehouse's Blandings Castle short story, "Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend", the eponymous peer is forced, over his strenuous objections, to put on a top hat, frock coat, and a stiff collar to preside at a public fête held on the grounds of Blandings Castle.
Source: Forced into Their Sunday Best - Plesiosaurs had a stiff spine and were virtually forced to swim sealion or penguin style.
- The unprepared Russian forces met stiff resistance and were forced to retreat with casualties much higher than the Allies.
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