Adjective
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artificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"
"contrived coyness"
"a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
"when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
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effusively or insincerely emotional
"a bathetic novel"
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"
"mushy effusiveness"
"a schmaltzy song"
"sentimental soap operas"
"slushy poetry"