stilted
21stilted — /stil tid/, adj. 1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous. 2. Archit. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. See illus. under arch1. [1610 20; STILT + ED3] Syn. 1. wooden …
22stilted — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Latinate, affected, artificial, aureate, awkward, bedizened, big sounding, bloated, bombastic, buckram, cardboard, clumsy, conventional, convoluted, cramped, cumbrous, declamatory, decorous,… …
23stilted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. formal, stiff; unnatural, affected, mannered, prim, stuffy; inflated, florid, flowery, pedantic. See affectation, inelegance. Ant., informal, natural. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, affected,… …
24stilted — stilt·ed || stɪltɪd adj. stiff and awkward, labored, forced, artificial …
25stilted — adjective 1》 (of speech or writing) stiff and self conscious or unnatural. 2》 standing on stilts. 3》 Architecture (of an arch) with pieces of upright masonry between the imposts and the springers. Derivatives stiltedly adverb stiltedness noun …
26stilted — a. Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high flowing, high sounding, fustian, stilty, tumid, highflown, grandiose …
27stilted — adj pompous, inflated, bombastic, turgid, high sounding, high flown; overblown, swollen, tumid, pedantic; starched, Inf. stuffy, prim, priggish; formal, forced, labored, stiff, wooden; affected, mannered, feigned, put on; stately, dignified,… …
28stilted — stilt·ed …
29stilted — stilt•ed [[t]ˈstɪl tɪd[/t]] adj. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous • Etymology: 1610–20 …
30stilted — adj. 1 (of a literary style etc.) stiff and unnatural; bombastic. 2 standing on stilts. 3 Archit. (of an arch) with pieces of upright masonry between the imposts and the springers. Derivatives: stiltedly adv. stiltedness n …
