Another word for affected
affected
modif.
Being subject to influence
moved, touched, melted, influenced, sympathetic, stirred, grieved, overwhelmed, moved to tears, hurt, injured, wakened, struck, impressed, brought to a realization of, overwrought, imbued with, devoured by, acted upon, worked upon, changed, altered, concerned, involved, interested, afflicted, attacked, stricken, compassionate, tender, sorry, troubled, distressed.
Antonyms indifferent*, unmoved, untouched.
Full of affectation
insincere, pretentious, pedantic, melodramatic, self-conscious, starchy, stagy, unnatural, histrionic, stilted, overprecise, superficial, mannered, precious, theatrical, stiff, strained, mincing, overdone, apish, ostentatious, showy, exhibitionistic, hollow, shallow, highfalutin*, arty*, too-too*, stuck-up*, la-di-da*.
Feigned
simulated, imitated, faked, unnatural, counterfeited, falsified, shammed, studied, artificial, pretended, bogus, phony*, put-on*.
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Another word for affected
Not genuine or sincere:
artificial, feigned, insincere, phony, pretended. See trueArtificially genteel:
artificial, mannered, precious. (Informal) la-di-da. See good, honest, plain, trueHaving concern:
concerned, interested, involved. See concern
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