affected
affected is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected his wish Shak.
- 2.Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak.
- 3.Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. Addison.
- 4.(Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- affectation
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- barbarous
- break
- cacophony
- crude
- dislocate
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grotesque
- harsh
- inelegance
- inelegant
- jaw
- labored
- mannered
- mannerism
- marinism
- offensive
- polite
- ponderous
- rude
- slang
- solecism
- stiff
- stiffness
- teeth
- that
- the
- turgid
- uncouth
- ungraceful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is affected.
- What is inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected his wish Shak called?
- What is given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak called?
- What is assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. Addison called?
- What is made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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