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Synonyms for affected
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-fek-tid |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɛk tɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for affected Other synonyms for the word affected
- apish
- artificial
- assumed
- awkward
- campy
- changed
- chichi
- compassionate
- conceited
- contrived
- counterfeit
- counterfeited
- excited
- faked
- false
- feigned
- fraud
- gone Hollywood
- grieved
- ham
- hammy
- high falutin'
- hollow
- imitated
- impaired
- influenced
- injured
- insincere
- melodramatic
- ostentatious
- overdone
- overwrought
- pedantic
- phony
- playacting
- pompous
- precious
- pretended
- pretentious
- put-on
- schmaltzy
- self-conscious
- shallow
- sham
- simulated
- sorry
- spurious
- stiff
- stilted
- stimulated
- studied
- superficial
- sympathetic
- tender
- theatrical
- unnatural
- upset
Définition of affected
Origin :- past participle adjective from affect (v.2); 1530s in the now-obsolete sense "favorably disposed" (preserved in disaffected); meaning "artificially displayed" is recorded from 1580s.
- adj deeply moved or hurt emotionally
- adj changed in a bad or artificial way
- They affected that they never habitually thought of lesser concerns.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She stood aghast all this time, partly with real, partly with affected, surprise.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- I said, that I should not be affected by the splendour of even a royal title.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Like many of the courtiers, Mistress Fitton affected the society of the players.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Cadge thinks me still betrothed to John, so she affected to misunderstand.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Like an inspiration it came to the girl what had affected her so disagreeably in Crane—it was his eyes.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "Let me know the worst," Madame Permon said, with affected distress.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- The individual so affected appears to lose all sense of its surroundings.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- If they watched me furtively whenever I went out of doors, I affected not to see it.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He entered with a face of suppressed joy and affected melancholy.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Antonyms for affected
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