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Antonyms for stilted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : stil-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪl tɪd

Definition of stilted

Origin :
  • early 14c., "a crutch," from Proto-Germanic *steltijon (cf. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stelte "stilt," Old High German stelza "plow handle, crutch"), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Application to "wooden poles for walking across marshy ground, etc." is from mid-15c. Meaning "one of the posts on which a building is raised from the ground" is first attested 1690s. Stilted in the figurative sense of "pompous, stuffy" is first recorded 1820.
  • adj artificial, pretentious
Example sentences :
  • No, my stilted, stiff-laigged sheep of the mountain, we ain't got no ice.'
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • She was evidently infected by the stilted manner of her ridiculous lover.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The arches are cusped like the windows, but are stilted and segmental.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • The letter of congratulation must be natural, not stilted, and must be sincere.
  • Extract from : « How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) » by Mary Owens Crowther
  • He is not nearly so composed as Shadwell, and his voice has a strange and stilted sound.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • The style is stilted, and there is no attempt at delineation of character.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • But he's so stilted and tiresome, always serious,—and such a pose!
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • All unnecessary words and all stilted phrases should be stripped from a letter.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
  • And his poem seemed to him as lame and stilted as the night was winged.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
  • Avoid all stilted phrases and studied efforts at consolation.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain

Synonyms for stilted

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