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Definitions for Stilted
[1] stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
[2] Architecture . (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch.
[3] one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
[4] one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
[5] Ceramics . a three-armed support for an object being fired.
[6] any of several white-and-black wading birds, especially Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus, having long, bright pink legs and a long, slender black bill.
[7] British Dialect . a plow handle. a crutch.
[8] to raise on or as if on stilts.
[9] (of speech, writing, etc) formal, pompous, or bombastic
[10] not flowing continuously or naturally stilted conversation
[11] architect (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing
[12] either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
[13] a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level
[14] any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
[15] (tr) to raise or place on or as if on stilts
Words related to Stilted
labored, pompous, overblown, sonorous, formal, affected, angular, aureate, bombastic, decorous, egotistic, flowery, forced, genteel, grandiloquent, high-flown, inflated, magniloquent, mincing, pedantic
Words nearby Stilted
stillwater, stilly, stilt, stilt bug, stilt root, stilted, stilton, stilwell, stilyaga, stim, stime
Origin of Stilted
1275–1325; Middle English stilte; cognate with Low German stilte pole, German Stelze
Other words from Stilted
un·stilt·ed , adjective
stilt·like , adjective
Word origin for Stilted
C14 (in the sense: crutch, handle of a plough): related to Low German stilte pole, Norwegian stilta
Synonyms for Stilted
formal, labored, overblown, pompous, sonorous, 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