26
stiff(adjective, correct, unusual, counterfeit, awkward)
19
artificial(adjective, strong, cold, counterfeit, awkward)
17
affected(verb, adjective, awkward, stiff, pretentious)
15
pedantic(adjective, obscure, counterfeit, precise, stiff)
14
pretentious(adjective, dull, counterfeit, stiff, affected)
14
unnatural(adjective, strong, delicate, unusual, cold)
13
pompous(adjective, dull, strong, warm, cold)
13
awkward(adjective, counterfeit, stiff, affected, hollow)
11
wooden(adjective, stiff, inflexible, flexible)
10
formal(adjective, dull, strong, correct, cold)
10
contrived(adjective, counterfeit, affected, hollow, pretentious)
10
mannered(adjective, strong, cold, awkward, refined)
9
forced(adjective, strong, unusual, cold, strange)
9
laboured(adjective, unnatural)
8
grandiloquent(adjective, ornament, ostentatious)
8
inflated(adjective, ornament, ridiculousness, pompous)
8
stuffy(adjective, dull, correct, warm, boring)
7
turgid(adjective, ornament)
6
bombastic(adjective, ornament, ridiculousness)
6
constrained(adjective, strong, cold, stiff, affected)
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