Synonyms of the word

stilted

• adj. stiff and artificially formal.
• adj. pompous.
• adj. (of a building) Supported by stilts.

affected

• adj. Influenced or changed by something.
• adj. Simulated in order to impress.
• adj. Emotionally moved; touched.
• adj. (algebra, archaic) adfected.
• adj. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
• adj. artificial, stilted.
• n. Someone affected, as by a disease.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of affect.

artificial

• adj. Man-made; of artifice.
• adj. False, misleading.
• adj. Unnatural.

contrived

• v. simple past tense and past participle of contrive.
• adj. Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.
• adj. Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

hokey

• adj. (US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
• adj. (US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

unnatural

• adj. Not natural.
• adj. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere.
• adj. Going against nature; perverse.