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affected
adjective
1 affected
Acted upon; influenced.
Roget 820:
affected,
characterized,
formed,
molded,
cast;
attempered†,
tempered;
framed;
predisposed;
prone,
inclined;
having a bias
etc.
n.;
tinctured with,
imbued with,
penetrated with,
eaten up with.
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained;
deep-rooted,
ineffaceable,
inveterate;
pathoscopic†;
congenital,
dyed in the wool,
implanted by nature,
inherent,
in the grain.
affective.
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Roget 851:
in bad taste vulgar,
unrefined.
coarse,
indecorous,
ribald,
gross;
unseemly,
unbeseeming†,
unpresentable†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
ungraceful
etc.
(ugly)
846.
dowdy;
slovenly
etc.
(dirty)
653;
ungenteel,
shabby genteel;
low,
common,
hoi polloi [Gr.],
etc.
(plebeian)
876;
uncourtly†;
uncivil
etc.
(discourteous)
895;
ill bred,
ill mannered;
underbred;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unladylike,
unfeminine;
wild,
wild as an unbacked colt.
untutored,
unschooled
(ignorant)
491.
unkempt.
uncombed,
untamed,
unlicked†,
unpolished,
uncouth;
plebeian;
incondite†;
heavy,
rude,
awkward;
homely,
homespun,
home bred;
provincial,
countrified,
rustic;
boorish,
clownish;
savage,
brutish,
blackguard,
rowdy,
snobbish;
barbarous,
barbaric;
Gothic,
unclassical†,
doggerel,
heathenish,
tramontane,
outlandish;
uncultivated;
Bohemian.
obsolete
etc.
(antiquated)
124;
unfashionable;
newfangled
etc.
(unfamiliar)
83;
odd
etc.
(ridiculous)
853.
particular;
affected
etc.
855;
meretricious;
extravagant,
monstrous,
horrid;
shocking
etc.
(painful)
830.
gaudy,
tawdry,
overornamented,
baroque,
rococo;
bedizened,
tricked out,
gingerbread;
obtrusive.
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Roget 583:
stammering
etc.
v.;
inarticulate,
guttural,
nasal;
tremulous;
affected.
Roget 579:
inelegant,
graceless,
ungraceful;
harsh,
abrupt;
dry,
stiff,
cramped,
formal,
guinde [Fr.];
forced,
labored;
artificial,
mannered,
ponderous;
awkward,
uncourtly†,
unpolished;
turgid
etc.
577;
affected,
euphuistic†;
barbarous,
uncouth,
grotesque,
rude,
crude,
halting;
offensive to ears polite.
2.
Spoken Language
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Roget 544:
false,
deceitful,
mendacious,
unveracious,
fraudulent,
dishonest,
faithless,
truthless,
trothless;
unfair,
uncandid;
hollow-hearted;
evasive;
uningenuous,
disingenuous;
hollow,
sincere,
Parthis mendacior;
forsworn.
artificial,
contrived;
canting;
hypocritical,
jesuitical,
pharisaical;
tartuffish;
Machiavelian;
double,
double tongued,
double faced,
double handed,
double minded,
double hearted,
double dealing;
Janus faced;
smooth-faced,
smooth spoken,
smooth tongued;
plausible;
mealy-mouthed;
affected
etc.
855.
collusive,
collusory;
artful
etc.
(cunning)
702;
perfidious
etc.
940;
spurious
etc.
(deceptive)
545;
untrue
etc.
546;
falsified
etc.
v.;
covinous.
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2 affected
Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
synonym: unnatural.
Roget 855:
affected,
full of affectation,
pretentious,
pedantic,
stilted,
stagy,
theatrical,
big-sounding,
ad captandum;
canting,
insincere.
not natural,
unnatural;
self-conscious;
maniere;
artificial;
overwrought,
overdone,
overacted;
euphuist
etc.
577.
stiff,
starch,
formal,
prim,
smug,
demure,
tire a quatre epingles,
quakerish,
puritanical,
prudish,
pragmatical,
priggish,
conceited,
coxcomical,
foppish,
dandified;
finical,
finikin;
mincing,
simpering,
namby-pamby,
sentimental.
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Polish: nienaturalny, sztuczny
3 affected
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