Synonyms of affected

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adjective

1

as in strained

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

affected laughter at the boss's jokes

an affected southern accent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strained
• mock
• unnatural
• simulated
• exaggerated
• false
• forced
• mechanical
• fake
• assumed
• artificial
• pseudo
• contrived
• plastic
• theatrical
• pretended
• calculated
• feigned
• spurious
• cute
• theatric
• bogus
• sham
• empty
• manufactured
• unreal
• phoney
• deliberate
• factitious
• automatic
• hollow
• phony
• put-on
• conscious
• labored
• cultivated
• formal
• stiff
• pat
• hypocritical
• unrealistic
• fabricated
• concocted
• canned
• studied
• conventional
• unauthentic
• insincere
• wooden
• overrefined
• unctuous
• rigid
• melodramatic
• histrionic
• impersonal
• facile
• stylized
• overdone
• mealy
• hokey
• inflexible
• mincing
• two-faced
• premeditated
• genteel
• left-handed
• overacted
• artful
• double-dealing
• mealymouthed
• simpering
• cutesy
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unaffected
• natural
• genuine
• spontaneous
• real
• right
• true
• bona fide
• realistic
• authentic
• artless
• honest
• sincere
• easy
• smooth
• unfeigned
• unforced
• uncontrived
• ingenuous
• unconscious
• effortless
• instinctive
• impulsive
• impromptu
• unpretending
• extemporaneous
• unstudied
• unprompted
• unrehearsed

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• unaffected
• natural
• genuine
• spontaneous
• real
• right
• true
• bona fide
• realistic
• authentic
• artless
• honest
• sincere
• easy
• smooth
• unfeigned
• unforced
• uncontrived
• ingenuous
• unconscious
• effortless
• instinctive
• impulsive
• impromptu
• unpretending
• extemporaneous
• unstudied
• unprompted
• unrehearsed

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2

as in arrogant

self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance

with her pinkie extended, the four-year-old held her tiny teacup in that affected manner that some women have

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• proud
• grandiose
• important
• confident
• pretentious
• smug
• ostentatious
• lah-de-dah
• pompous
• high-minded
• hifalutin
• cavalier
• snippy
• lah-dee-dah
• la-de-da
• aggressive
• complacent
• vain
• highfalutin
• la-di-da
• self-pleased
• egotistical
• self-centered
• uppity
• sure
• lah-di-dah
• assertive
• rude
• bumptious
• superior
• high-handed
• egoistical
• sententious
• conceited
• imperious
• high-toned
• vainglorious
• high-and-mighty
• snobbish
• presumptuous
• prideful
• egotistic
• disdainful
• grandiloquent
• supercilious
• egoistic
• snobby
• overweening
• haughty
• high-flown
• self-important
• self-assertive
• self-obsessed
• self-satisfied
• high-hat
• self-assured
• self-confident
• brassy
• flaunting
• cocky
• self-dramatizing
• impudent
• bragging
• high-sounding
• airy
• hoity-toity
• self-complacent
• boastful
• insolent
• stuck-up
• showy
• forward
• cheeky
• lordly
• flamboyant
• glitzy
• audacious
• self-aggrandizing
• self-glorifying
• garish
• gaudy
• self-conceited
• self-asserting
• self-promoting
• bold
• flashy
• splashy
• braggart

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• meek
• retiring
• homely
• lowly
• passive
• quiet
• unassuming
• reserved
• down-to-earth
• timid
• shy
• bashful
• unassertive
• demure
• mousy
• diffident
• overmodest
• mousey

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• modest
• humble
• unpretentious
• meek
• retiring
• homely
• lowly
• passive
• quiet
• unassuming
• reserved
• down-to-earth
• timid
• shy
• bashful
• unassertive
• demure
• mousy
• diffident
• overmodest
• mousey

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3

as in inclined

having a liking or affection

after years of being well affected toward their grandchildren, they did not want to lose access to them because of a bitter divorce

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inclined
• attached
• partial
• fond
• gone (on)
• big on
• mad (about)
• crazy (about or over)
• eager
• enraptured
• enthusiastic
• infatuated
• excited
• enamored
• desirous
• nuts (about)
• keen
• gung ho

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergic
• indifferent
• averse
• cool
• uninterested
• apathetic
• hostile
• contemptuous
• antagonistic
• disdainful
• scornful
• disinclined
• alienated
• disaffected
• disenchanted
• antipathetic
• estranged

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• allergic
• indifferent
• averse
• cool
• uninterested
• apathetic
• hostile
• contemptuous
• antagonistic
• disdainful
• scornful
• disinclined
• alienated
• disaffected
• disenchanted
• antipathetic
• estranged

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affected

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verb (1)

past tense of affect

1

as in influenced

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response

their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influenced
• impacted
• impressed
• touched
• struck
• reached
• interested
• inspired
• involved
• swayed
• told (on)
• got to
• bothered
• moved
• concerned
• disturbed
• attracted
• fascinated
• worried
• plagued
• dazzled
• carried away
• penetrated
• afflicted
• troubled
• entranced
• biased
• engaged
• upset
• enchanted
• stirred
• enthralled
• transported
• perturbed
• harassed
• colored
• distressed
• ravished
• stressed
• enraptured
• tried
• pierced
• charmed
• captivated
• biassed
• flustered
• smote
• bewitched
• agitated
• harried
• disquieted
• discomforted
• wrung
• pestered
• discomposed
• strained
• allured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tired
• bored
• wearied
• jaded
• palled
• underwhelmed

• tired
• bored
• wearied
• jaded
• palled
• underwhelmed

2

as in concerned

to be the business or affair of

fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concerned
• involved
• touched
• related (to)
• applied (to)
• referred (to)
• bore (on)
• implicated
• pertained (to)
• appertained (to)
• embroiled
• ensnared
• entangled

affected

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verb (2)

past tense of affect

1

as in pretended

to present a false appearance of

she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• assumed
• simulated
• acted
• passed (for)
• made believe
• feigned
• professed
• put on
• counterfeited
• dissembled
• concealed
• shammed
• forged
• bluffed
• faked
• posed
• played
• imitated
• masqueraded
• masked
• impersonated
• let on
• disguised
• playacted
• camouflaged
• dissimulated
• malingered
• feinted

2

as in haunted

to go to or spend time in often

a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunted
• frequented
• visited
• hanged (at)
• hung (at)
• resorted (to)
• habituated
• invaded
• attended
• infested
• patronized
• dropped in
• dropped by
• stopped (by or in)
• called (on or upon)
• stopped (over)
• swarmed
• ran (in)
• stayed (at)
• camped (out in)
• popped (in)
• took in
• overran
• tarried (in)
• sojourned (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• shunned
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• ducked
• dodged
• eschewed

• avoided
• shunned
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• ducked
• dodged
• eschewed

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