AFFECTED

adj. 1 unnatural, artificial, specious, stilted, stiff, studied, awkward, non-natural, contrived, mannered Dryden found Shakespeare's style stiff and affected 2 pretended, simulated, hollow, assumed, feigned, fake, faked, false, counterfeit, insincere, spurious, sham, bogus, Colloq phoney or US also phony The heir's affected grief concealed his secret exultation 3 pretentious, pompous, high-sounding, mincing, niminy-piminy, Colloq la-di-da orlah-di-dah or la-de-da Oliver's affected airs were enough to make his classmates detest him 4 attacked, seized, afflicted, stricken, gripped, touched; diseased, laid hold of Her affected lungs never quite recovered 5 afflicted, moved, touched, stirred, distressed, troubled, upset, hurt; influenced, swayed, impressed, struck, played or worked or acted upon Many affected theatre-goers enjoyed her performances