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stilted - Dictionary definition and meaning for stilted

STILTED

  • (adj.) artificially formal

    "that artificial humility that her husband hated", "contrived coyness", "a stilted letter of acknowledgment", "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

    synonyms : artificial , contrived , hokey

    con => corn & tri => tree.. so if you ever see a corn tree anywhere, then it must be artificial because corn trees don't exist -added by rajat jain

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Mnemonics for stilted

  • (Tag: ) The woman wore STILletos to the formal party to artificially increase her height.

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  • (Tag: stilt) Stilt refer to either of those long, slender poles (artificial legs) used to raise or elevate oneself above ground. so stilted concversations are artificial and pretentiosly formal ones.

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  • (Tag: ) Stilts are rods on which jokers walk to appear taller.Imagine how such a person would be.He would be stiff as he cant afford falling.

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  • (Tag: ) stilted sounds like steal Ted, so when someone steals your Ted (Teddy bear), you give a stilted shout.

    added by lollipop    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) stilted - style + tilted - its not a real style but a tilted or contrived one

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  • (Tag: English + Hindi = Mix) Stilted~Chill+ted;suppose that TED(a common name) is a normal guy but he wants to appear cool(derive from chill), modern,like dude etc...so his manner would be bombastic (affected) and pompous...full dikhava,ostentatiousness !

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  • (Tag: English) when you are stilted you are still and tilted

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  • (Tag: ) if u r titled, you ae obviously uneasy

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  • (Tag: ) imagine a drunk man when he is bombastic he musta be tilted.

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  • (Tag: comment) Chill-->TED-->Cool-->derived from chill-->affected--> pompous--> and Finally Pretentious? Ostentatious? GOsh!!

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  • (Tag: ) tilted >>> a tilted pose is not actually a natural pose, its actually an ARTIFICIAL pose taken for some photograph or something..

    added by RajeshBorkar    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) In stiletto 'stil' refers to artificial elevation so stilt means artificial elevation in voice.

    added by poojita    editEdit Mnemonic

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