stilted[adjective]Synonyms: stiff, constrained, forced, unnatural, wooden
Related Words: conventional,
formal,
decorous,
prim [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
stilt‧ed /ˈstɪltəd, ˈstɪltɪd/
adjective a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal and unnatural:
a stilted conversation—stiltedly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲