All stilted synonyms
stilt·ed
S s adj stilted
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- mannered — having manners as specified (usually used in combination): ill-mannered people.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hammy — characteristic of a person who overacts.
- campy — Campy means the same as camp.
- artsy — Artsy means the same as arty.
- cardboard — Cardboard is thick, stiff paper that is used, for example, to make boxes and models.
- formal — being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
- brittle — An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- mincing — (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- inkhorn — a small container of horn or other material, formerly used to hold writing ink.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hamer — Fannie Lou, 1917–77, U.S. civil rights activist.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- campiest — of, relating to, or characterized by camp: a campy send-up of romantic operetta.
- airish — given to putting on airs.
- donnish — resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
adjective stilted
- leaned — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- overexact — Too exact; overscrupulous; pedantic.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- wooden — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- operatic — of or relating to opera: operatic music.