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Affected Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Affected? [adj] acted upon; influenced [adj] speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression Synonyms \| Synonyms for Affected: agonistic \| artificial \| constrained \| contrived \| elocutionary \| forced \| impressed(p) \| mannered \| plummy \| smitten \| stage-struck \| stilted \| strained \| stricken \| struck \| taken \| unnatural \| wonder-struck Related Terms \| Find terms related to Affected: afflicted \| agonized \| apocryphal \| artificial \| assumed \| attacked \| awkward \| bastard \| bedizened \| big-sounding \| bogus \| brummagem \| canting \| chichi \| colorable \| colored \| concerned \| contrived \| convoluted \| counterfeit \| counterfeited \| declamatory \| devoured by \| diseased \| distorted \| distressed \| dressed up \| dummy \| elaborate \| elaborated \| elevated \| embellished \| embroidered \| ersatz \| euphuistic \| factitious \| fake \| faked \| false \| falsified \| feigned \| fictitious \| fictive \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flaunting \| fulsome \| garbled \| garish \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| Gongoristic \| goody \| goody-goody \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| gripped \| highfalutin \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-flying \| high-sounding \| histrionic \| holier-than-thou \| hollow \| hurt \| hyperelegant \| hypocritical \| illegitimate \| imbued with \| imitation \| implicated \| impressed \| impressed with \| influenced \| inkhorn \| insincere \| involved \| Johnsonian \| junky \| labyrinthine \| la-di-da \| lexiphanic \| lofty \| lurid \| magniloquent \| make-believe \| maniere \| man-made \| mannered \| Marinistic \| mealymouthed \| meretricious \| mincing \| mock \| moved \| obsessed \| obsessed by \| orotund \| ostentatious \| overacted \| overdone \| overelaborate \| overelegant \| overinvolved \| overnice \| overrefined \| overwrought \| pedantic \| penetrated with \| perverted \| pharisaic \| phony \| pietistic \| pinchbeck \| pious \| pompous \| precieuse \| precieux \| precious \| pretended \| pretentious \| pseudo \| put-on \| quasi \| queer \| racked \| rhetorical \| sanctified \| sanctimonious \| seized \| seized with \| self-conscious \| self-righteous \| self-styled \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| sham \| shoddy \| showy \| simulated \| sniveling \| so-called \| soi-disant \| sonorous \| specious \| spurious \| stagy \| stiff \| stilted \| stirred \| stricken \| struck \| studied \| supposititious \| swayed \| synthetic \| tall \| Tartuffian \| Tartuffish \| theatrical \| tin \| tinsel \| titivated \| torn \| tortuous \| tortured \| touched \| troubled \| twisted \| unauthentic \| unctuous \| ungenuine \| unnatural \| unreal \| upset \| warped \| wracked See Also \| deliberate \| moved(p) \| studied Affected In Webster's Dictionary \Affect"ed\ ([a^]ff[e^]kt"[e^]d), p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. --Chapman. 2. Inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected to his wish? --Shak. 3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. --Shak. 4. Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. --Addison. 5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.

Affected Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Affected?

[adj] acted upon; influenced
[adj] speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

See Also | deliberate | moved(p) | studied

Affected In Webster's Dictionary

\Af*fect"ed\ ([a^]f*f[e^]kt"[e^]d), p. p. & a.
1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.]

         His affected Hercules.                --Chapman.

2. Inclined; disposed; attached.

         How stand you affected to his wish?   --Shak.

3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess
   what is not natural or real.

         He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd.
                                               --Shak.

4. Assumed artificially; not natural.

         Affected coldness and indifference.   --Addison.

5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the
   unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.

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