Associations to the word «Stilted»
Noun
- Dialogue
- Gait
- Chatter
- Conversation
- Arch
- Newscast
- Phrase
- Speech
- Tragedy
- Rib
- Sentence
- Vault
- Sentiment
- English
- Style
- Romance
- Manner
- Critic
- Verse
- Language
- Tone
- Writing
- Plot
- Imagination
- Old
- Dome
- Poetry
- Mask
- Character
- Voice
- Camera
- Expression
- Letter
- Shoe
- Word
- Mystery
- Sound
- Translation
- Performance
- Bit
- Robot
- Gesture
- Scene
- Incident
- Fault
- Putting
- Description
- Aunt
- Bush
- Sing
- Literature
- Review
- Meaning
- While
- Actor
Adjective
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Wiktionary
STILTED, adjective. Stiff and artificially formal
STILTED, adjective. Pompous
STILTED, adjective. (of a building) Supported by stilts.
Dictionary definition
STILTED, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.