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View usage for: (stɪltɪd) adjectiveIf 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. Synonyms: stiff, forced, wooden, laboured More Synonyms of stilted stilted in British English (ˈstɪltɪd) adjective1. (of speech, writing, etc) formal, pompous, or bombastic 2. not flowing continuously or naturally stilted conversation 3. architecture (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing Derived forms stiltedly (ˈstiltedly) adverb stiltedness (ˈstiltedness) noun stilted in American English (ˈstɪltɪd) adjective1. raised or elevated on or as on stilts 2. artificially formal or dignified; pompous Derived forms stiltedly (ˈstiltedly) adverb stiltedness (ˈstiltedness) noun Examples of 'stilted' in a sentencestilted Word lists withstilted terms used in architectureDefinition (of speech, writing, or behaviour) formal or pompous His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling. Synonyms laboured constrained high-sounding arty-farty (informal) fustian Opposites free , natural , spontaneous , flowing , fluid , unaffected , unpretentious Additional synonymsDefinition not sincere The voice was affected, the accent artificial. Synonyms insincere, forced, affected, assumed, phoney or phony (informal), put on, false, pretended, hollow, contrived, unnatural, feigned, spurious, meretriciousthe bombastic style of his oratory Synonyms grandiloquent, inflated, ranting, windy, high-flown, pompous, grandiose, histrionic, wordy, verbose, declamatory, fustian, magniloquentDefinition false or unnatural a forced smile Synonyms false, affected, strained, wooden, stiff, artificial, contrived, unnatural, insincere, laboured- stigma
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Additional synonymsDefinition using pompous or unnecessarily complicated language She attacked her colleagues for indulging in `grandiloquent' language. Synonyms pompous, inflated, rhetorical, high-flown, pretentious, flowery, bombastic, high-sounding, fustian, orotund, magniloquentDefinition extravagant or pretentious Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. Synonyms extravagant, elaborate, pretentious, exaggerated, inflated, lofty, grandiose, overblown, florid, high-falutin (informal), arty-farty (informal), magniloquentSynonyms extravagant, affected, imposing, strained, artificial, flamboyant, high-flown, pompous, pretentious, grandiose, overblown, stilted, ostentatious, florid, bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquentSome of the most inflated prose is held up for ridicule. Synonyms elaborate, involved, fancy, detailed, complex, complicated, decorated, extravagant, ornamented, high-flown, ornate, fussy, showy, ostentatious, bombastic, hyperbolic, grandiloquentHer lecture was pedantic and uninteresting. Synonyms academic, pompous, schoolmasterly, stilted, erudite, scholastic, didactic, bookish, abstruse, donnish, sententiousDefinition foolishly dignified or self-important What a pompous little man he is. Synonyms self-important, affected, arrogant, pretentious, bloated, grandiose, imperious, showy, overbearing, ostentatious, puffed up, portentous, magisterial, supercilious, pontifical, vainglorious Definition vulgarly showy He talked a lot of pretentious twaddle about modern art. Synonyms affected, mannered, exaggerated, pompous, assuming, hollow, inflated, extravagant, high-flown, flaunting, grandiose, conceited, showy, ostentatious, snobbish, puffed up, bombastic, specious, grandiloquent, vainglorious, high-sounding, highfalutin (informal), overambitious, arty-farty (informal), magniloquentDefinition affected or forced She gave him a bright, determined smile which seemed unnatural. Synonyms false, forced, artificial, studied, laboured, affected, assumed, mannered, strained, stiff, theatrical, contrived, self-conscious, feigned, stilted, insincere, factitious, stagy, phoney or phony (informal) Definition lacking spirit or animation The film is marred by the wooden acting of the star. Synonyms awkward, stiff, rigid, clumsy, lifeless, stilted, ungainly, gauche, gawky, inelegant, graceless, maladroit |