stilted
1Stilted — Stilt ed, a. Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. [1913 Webster] {Stilted arch} (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being… …
2stilted — index formal, histrionic, inflated (bombastic), orotund, pretentious (pompous), turgid Burton s …
3stilted — [adj] artificial, pretentious affected, angular, aureate, bombastic, constrained, decorous, egotistic, euphuistic, flowery, forced, formal, genteel, grandiloquent, high flown, high sounding, inflated, labored, magniloquent, mincing, overblown,… …
4stilted — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of speech or writing) stiff and self conscious or unnatural. 2) standing on stilts. DERIVATIVES stiltedly adverb stiltedness noun …
5stilted — [stil′tid] adj. 1. raised or elevated on or as on stilts 2. artificially formal or dignified; pompous stiltedly adv. stiltedness n …
6stilted — stilt|ed [ stıltəd ] adjective stilted movements or words are not relaxed and natural: I praised them in my stilted German. stilted conversation/speech/acting …
7stilted — [[t]stɪ̱ltɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. We made polite, stilted conversation... His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling. Syn:… …
8stilted — UK [ˈstɪltɪd] / US [ˈstɪltəd] adjective stilted movements or words are not relaxed and natural I praised them in my stilted German. stilted conversation/speech/acting …
9stilted — stilt|ed [ˈstıltıd] adj a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal and unnatural ▪ a stilted conversation >stiltedly adv …
10stilted — adjective a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal, and unnatural: a stilted conversation stiltedly adverb …
