contrived vs hammy

contrived

adj
  • Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic. 

  • Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way. 

hammy

adj
  • Amateurish; characterized by overacting. 

  • Resembling or characteristic of ham. 

noun
  • A hamster. 

How often have the words contrived and hammy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )