stilted

[stil-tid] / ˈstɪl tɪd /

ADJECTIVE

artificial, pretentious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

formal labored overblown pompous sonorous

WEAK

affected angular aureate bombastic constrained decorous egotistic euphuistic flowery forced genteel grandiloquent high-flown high-sounding inflated magniloquent mincing pedantic prim rhetorical stiff unnatural wooden

Antonyms

STRONGEST

relaxed

WEAK

genuine honest true

Example Sentences

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Her eyes, ordinarily uptilted, bled downward and darkened.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019

Her faintly haughty, uptilted face and alabaster gaze were framed between a velvet choker and a brave upswept chignon.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was short, only five foot one, and carried herself with an uptilted chin.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

He placed his right foot on the uptilted pedal of the bike.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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