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Affected
af·fect·ed
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
that which is faked or forced, artificial in order to impress;
e.g. He affected the jury with fake tears and wailing sobs.
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Artificial
Assuming
Attached
Bogus
Claptrap
Concerned
Contrived
Cutesy
Declamatory
Factitious
Fake
Faked
False
Feigned
Fond
Forced
Glib
Grammatical
Grandiose
Hifalutin
High-minded
High-toned
Highfalutin
Hoity-toity
Impacted
Inclined
Infatuated
Involved
La-di-da
Mechanical
Mock
Ostentatious
Partial
Pedantic
Phony
Pinchbeck
Plastic
Pompous
Predisposed
Pretentious
Professed
Pseudo
Put-on
Self-aggrandizing
Self-dramatizing
Sham
Simulated
Snippy
Spurious
Strained
Struck
Touched
Unnatural
Opposite Words
Allergic
Antagonistic
Antipathetic
Apathetic
Artless
Authentic
Averse
Bashful
Bored
Contemptuous
Cool
Demure
Diffident
Disaffected
Disdainful
Disenchanted
Disinclined
Down-home
Down-to-earth
Easy
Effortless
Estranged
Extemporaneous
Fireside
Folksy
Genuine
Guileless
Heartfelt
Homely
Homespun
Honest
Hostile
Humble
Impressionable
Impromptu
Impulsive
Indifferent
Ineloquent
Instinctive
Jaded
Lowly
Meek
Modest
Mousy
Natural
Overmodest
Passive
Persuadable
Quiet
Real
Realistic
Reserved
Retiring
Right
Scornful
Shook
Shy
Sincere
Smooth
Spontaneous
Timid
Tired
True
Unaffected
Unassertive
Unassuming
Unconscious
Unfeigned
Unforced
Uninterested
Unpretentious
Unprompted
Unrehearsed
Unstudied
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Afflicted
Aggressive
Agitated
Airy
Applied
Arrogant
Artful
Artificial
Assertive
Audacious
Automatic
Backhand
Backhanded
Bewitched
Biased
Bogus
Bold
Borne
Bothered
Braggart
Brassy
Bumptious
Calculated
Canned
Captivated
Cavalier
Charmed
Cheeky
Classy
Cocky
Colored
Complacent
Concealed
Conceited
Concerned
Confident
Conscious
Conventional
Counterfeit
Courtly
Cultivated
Cute
Deliberate
Desirous
Disdainful
Distressed
Disturbed
Double
Double-faced
Dramatic
Dummy
Eager
Egotistical
Elegant
Elevated
Eloquent
Empty
Enamored
Engaged
Ersatz
Exaggerated
Facile
Factitious
Fake
False
Faux
Feigned
Fine
Flamboyant
Flashy
Florid
Flowery
Flustered
Forged
Forward
Garish
Gaudy
Genteel
Goody-goody
Graceful
Hammy
Handsome
Harried
Haughty
Hifalutin
High-flown
High-handed
High-hat
High-sounding
High-toned
Highfalutin
Histrionic
Hoity-toity
Hokey
Hollow
Hypocritical
Imitation
Imitative
Imperious
Impersonal
Important
Impudent
Infatuated
Inflexible
Insincere
Insolent
Inspired
Interested
Involved
Janus-faced
Jive
Keen
Labored
Left-handed
Lip
Lofty
Lordly
Magnific
Majestic
Man-made
Masked
Mealy
Mealymouthed
Mimic
Mincing
Mock
One-sided
Operatic
Ornate
Overweening
Partial
Partisan
Pat
Perturbed
Phony
Pierced
Prejudiced
Premeditated
Presumptuous
Pretend
Prideful
Proud
Purple
Refined
Related
Rhetorical
Rigid
Rude
Self-aggrandizing
Self-asserting
Self-assertive
Self-assured
Self-centered
Self-dramatizing
Self-glorifying
Self-important
Self-obsessed
Self-satisfied
Sententious
Sham
Showy
Simulated
Smug
Snobbish
Snobby
Splashy
Stately
Stiff
Strained
Stressed
Stuck-up
Studied
Substitute
Supercilious
Superior
Sure
Synthetic
Tasteful
Theatrical
Towering
Tried
Troubled
Two
Two-faced
Unauthentic
Unctuous
Unreal
Unrealistic
Uppity
Upset
Vain
Vainglorious
Wooden
Worked
Worried
Wrought
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