Definition of affected

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Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

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Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Mince :: Mince (v. i.) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.
Wheatworm :: Wheatworm (n.) A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm..
Uninteressed :: Uninteressed (a.) Uninterested; unaffected.
Superior :: Superior (a.) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with to.
Tubercled :: Tubercled (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk..
Spavined :: Spavined (a.) Affected with spavin.
Tuberculous :: Tuberculous (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular..
Affecting :: Affecting (a.) Affected; given to false show.
Wheeze :: Wheeze (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma..
Syphilitic :: Syphilitic (a.) Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.
Cancerite :: Cancerite (n.) Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer.
Qualmish :: Qualmish (a.) Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit.
Foppish :: Foppish (a.) Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Mince :: Mince (n.) A short, precise step; an affected manner..
Leper :: Leper (n.) A person affected with leprosy.
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm..
Missish :: Missish (a.) Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.
Invective :: Invective (n.) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny..
Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..
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