1. stilted - Adjective
2. stilted - Verb
4. stilted - Adjective Satellite
of Stilt
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo him, a stilted geometric love of arrangement was "system,” an indefatigable and feverish interest in the pettiest facets of day-to-day bureaucracy was "industry,” indecision when right was "caution,” and blind stubbornness when wrong, "determination.”. Isaac Asimov
Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted. Carlos Alazraqui
They are slow, proud, And move with a stilted stride To the land of sheer horizon... Richard Wilbur
Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that you get in most conventional novels. They're all stratagems to try to get closer to the texture of lived life. Will Self
The tall camels of the spirit Steer for their deserts, passing the last groves loud With the sawmill shrill of the locust, to the whole honey of the arid Sun. They are slow, proud, And move with a stilted stride To the land of sheer horizon... Richard Wilbur
that artificial humility that her husband hated Source: Internet