stilted

Meaning of stilted

verb

To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

adjective
  1. Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
  2. Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
    He gave a stilted bow and left.
  3. Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts; also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.

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Hyphenation of stilted

stilted

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • stilted is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

stilted synonyms

Meaning artificial:

artificial, contrived, hokey

stilted antonyms

Meaning :

unstilted, natural

Anagrams of stilted

slitted

Words that rhyme with stilted

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