Pronunciation: u'fektid
 
WordNet Dictionary
Definition:
[adj] acted upon; influenced [adj] speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression  
AFFECTED is a 8 letter word that starts with A.
Synonyms: agonistic, artificial, constrained, contrived, elocutionary, forced, impressed(p), mannered, plummy, smitten, stage-struck, stilted, strained, stricken, struck, taken, unnatural, wonder-struck
 
Antonyms: unaffected 
See Also: deliberate, moved(p), studied
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Definition:
\Af*fect"ed\ ([a^]f*f[e^]kt"[e^]d), p. p. & a. 1. Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.] His affected Hercules. --Chapman. 2. Inclined; disposed; attached. How stand you affected to his wish? --Shak. 3. Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. --Shak. 4. Assumed artificially; not natural. Affected coldness and indifference. --Addison. 5. (Alg.) Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.  
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