ALL meanings of stilted
stilt·ed
S s - adjective stilted stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous. 1
- adjective stilted Architecture. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. 1
- noun stilted 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. 1
- noun stilted one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water. 1
- noun stilted Ceramics. a three-armed support for an object being fired. 1
- noun stilted 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. 1
- noun stilted British Dialect. a plow handle. a crutch. 1
- verb with object stilted to raise on or as if on stilts. 1
- adjective stilted unnatural, stiff 1
- adjective stilted If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. 0
- adjective stilted (of speech, writing, etc) formal, pompous, or bombastic 0
- adjective stilted not flowing continuously or naturally 0
- adjective stilted (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing 0
- adjective stilted raised or elevated on or as on stilts 0
- adjective stilted artificially formal or dignified; pompous 0