Stilted — synonyms, definition

1. stilted (a)

affected artificial awkward ceremonious clumsy constrained contrived formal inflated laboured mincing pedantic pretentious priggish prim punctilious rigid starched stiff stolid • • •

2. stilted (Adjective)

hokey

stilted (Adjective) — Artificially formal. ex. "a stilted letter of acknowledgment" ex. "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"