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affected
Synonyms and Antonyms of affected
- affected laughter at the bossʼs jokes
- an affected southern accent
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
- with her pinkie extended, the four-year-old held her tiny teacup in that affected manner that some women have
grandiose, high-minded, highfalutin (also hifalutin), la-di-da (also la-de-da), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, snippy
airy, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, high-toned, sententious
arrogant, bumptious, complacent, conceited, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, imperious, important, overweening, presumptuous, prideful, proud, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, self-obsessed, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
self-aggrandizing, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, snobbish, snobby, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, forward, impudent, insolent, rude
flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, showy, splashy
demure, down-to-earth, homely, humble, lowly, meek, retiring, unassertive, unassuming
bashful, diffident, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, shy, timid
- after years of being well affected toward their grandchildren, they did not want to lose access to them because of a bitter divorce
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