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单词 stilted
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stilted


stilt·ed

S0760300 (stĭl′tĭd)adj.1. Stiffly or artificially formal; stiff: stilted prose.2. Architecture Having some vertical length between the impost and the beginning of the curve. Used of an arch.
stilt′ed·ly adv.stilt′ed·ness n.

stilted

(ˈstɪltɪd) adj1. (of speech, writing, etc) formal, pompous, or bombastic2. not flowing continuously or naturally: stilted conversation. 3. (Architecture) architect (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing ˈstiltedly adv ˈstiltedness n

stilt•ed

(ˈstɪl tɪd)

adj. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous. [1610–20]
Thesaurus
Adj.1.stilted - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"artificial, contrived, hokeyaffected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

stilted

adjective stiff, forced, wooden, laboured, artificial, inflated, constrained, unnatural, high-flown, pompous, pretentious, pedantic, bombastic, grandiloquent, high-sounding, arty-farty (informal), fustian His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
free, natural, spontaneous, flowing, fluid, unaffected, unpretentious

stilted

adjectiveSo rigidly constrained, formal, or awkward as to lack all grace and spontaneity:buckram, starchy, stiff, wooden.
Translations
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stilted


stilted

Architect (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing

stilted


  • adj

Synonyms for stilted

adj stiff

Synonyms

  • stiff
  • forced
  • wooden
  • laboured
  • artificial
  • inflated
  • constrained
  • unnatural
  • high-flown
  • pompous
  • pretentious
  • pedantic
  • bombastic
  • grandiloquent
  • high-sounding
  • arty-farty
  • fustian

Antonyms

  • free
  • natural
  • spontaneous
  • flowing
  • fluid
  • unaffected
  • unpretentious

Synonyms for stilted

adj so rigidly constrained, formal, or awkward as to lack all grace and spontaneity

Synonyms

  • buckram
  • starchy
  • stiff
  • wooden

Synonyms for stilted

adj artificially formal

Synonyms

  • artificial
  • contrived
  • hokey

Related Words

  • affected
  • unnatural
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