English adjective: affected | |||
1. | affected acted upon; influenced | ||
Similar | impressed, smitten, stage-struck, stricken, struck, subject, taken, wonder-struck | ||
See also | affected, moved, stirred, touched | ||
Antonyms | unaffected | ||
2. | affected speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | ||
Synonyms | unnatural | ||
Similar | agonistic, artificial, constrained, contrived, elocutionary, forced, hokey, mannered, plummy, stilted, strained, strained | ||
See also | studied | ||
Attribute | affectedness | ||
Antonyms | unaffected | ||
3. | affected being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | ||
Samples | Too moved to speak. Very touched by the stranger's kindness. | ||
Synonyms | moved, stirred, touched | ||
Similar | sick | ||
See also | affected, emotional | ||
Antonyms | unmoved, unaffected, untouched | ||