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Unnatural or contrived in nature or behavior

Awkward or clumsy in nature or execution

Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

Pompous in nature, especially in regards to tone of voice or writing

Exaggerated and excessively dramatic

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

Boring or severely lacking in interest

Without human warmth or sympathy

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments

Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward

Appearing decisive or cheerful but unstable or nervous within

Past tense for to physically move from a lower to a higher place or position

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Adjective

Unnatural or contrived in nature or behavior

not spontaneous

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“There were long periods with little to no dialogue, and what dialogue there was felt stilted and unnatural.”

Adjective

Awkward or clumsy in nature or execution

socially awkward

socially lacking

socially incompetent

socially anxious

out of countenance

unsure of yourself

like a fish out of water

on pins and needles

discombobulated

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“He glanced toward the clearing, but my cousins and Janessa were still performing their strange, stilted dance.”

Adjective

Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

overconscientious

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“She nodded acquiescence to his rather stilted request for her permission to seat himself beside her.”

Adjective

Pompous in nature, especially in regards to tone of voice or writing

hyperventilated

highly decorated

full of hot air

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“And, finally, remember that you're writing to another human being, so avoid a stilted tone that's devoid of personality.”

Adjective

Exaggerated and excessively dramatic

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

overemphasised^UK

highly coloured

disproportionate

over-enthusiastic

beyond the pale

beyond all bounds

laid on with a trowel

larger-than-life

out of proportion

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Adjective

Overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

prim and proper

schoolmistressy

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

holier-than-thou

goody-two-shoes

politically correct

goody two-shoes

over-particular

difficult to please

impossible to please

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Adjective

Boring or severely lacking in interest

dull as ditchwater

run-of-the-mill

dull as dishwater

lacking variety

soul-destroying

nothing to write home about

lacking excitement

lacking interest

no great shakes

lacking variation

run of the mill

common or garden

undistinguished

non-stimulating

unobjectionable

without variety

middle-of-the-road

flat as pancake

puts one to sleep

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Adjective

Without human warmth or sympathy

self-controlled

depersonalised^UK

depersonalized^US

nondiscriminatory

strictly business

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

cool, calm and collected

unimpressionable

putting on airs

straightforward

uncompassionate

with both feet on the ground

straight-thinking

not on speaking terms

along for the ride

going with the flow

rolling with the punches

cool as a cucumber

self-restrained

couldn't care less

full of common sense

uncompanionable

could care less

not giving a monkey's

don't give a damn

with one's feet on the ground

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

sexually unresponsive

anesthetized^US

anaesthetized^UK

with the patience of Job

devoid of emotion

unconcerned about

well considered

undistinguished

uninvolved with

apathetic towards

apathetic about

nonchalant about

uninterested in

frivolous about

unresponsive to

phlegmatic about

unenthusiastic about

not given to excesses

well thought out

live-and-let-live

in control of yourself

impossible to interpret

keeping your cool

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Adjective

Pedantic

Adjective

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments

with two left feet

all fingers and thumbs

having two left feet

having two left hands

out of your depth

socially awkward

lacking in social graces

socially unsure

unsophisticated

like a bull in a china shop

socially lacking

socially incompetent

socially anxious

lacking in social grace

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Adjective

Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward

spindle-shanked

as thin as a reed

like a bag of bones

as thin as a rake

looking like a bag of bones

all skin and bones

loosely jointed

without an ounce of fat

looking like death warmed up

like a skeleton

like a matchstick

deprived of food

worn to a shadow

without appetite

a slip of a …

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Adjective

Appearing decisive or cheerful but unstable or nervous within

feeling anxious

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

on pins and needles

bundle of nerves

easily frightened

easily agitated

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

a bundle of nerves

all of a doodah

discombobulated

bricking oneself

hot and bothered

in a cold sweat

like a fish out of water

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

having butterflies in the stomach

hot under the collar

discountenanced

tossing and turning

all of a flutter

beside yourself

with one's stomach in knots

with your heart in your mouth

champing at the bit

on the defensive

sweating bullets

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

shaking in one's shoes

having cabin fever

mentally unsettled

with bated breath

on the qui vive

lacking social skills

having stage fright

having cold feet

having a funny feeling

hot-and-bothered

throwing a wobbly

out of your mind

at sixes and sevens

hot under collar

at the end of your tether

paralysed with fear^UK

terror-stricken

scared to death

paralyzed with fear^US

frozen with fear

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Verb

Past tense for to physically move from a lower to a higher place or position

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