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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Primness :: Primness (n.) The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
Rocky :: Rocky (a.) Fig.: Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom..
Hypertrophical :: Hypertrophical (a.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy..
Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Affected :: Affected (p. p. & a.) Inclined; disposed; attached.
Patient :: Patient (n.) ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient..
Irritation :: Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation..
Contagioned :: Contagioned (a.) Affected by contagion.
Mincing :: Mincing (a.) That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.
Feeling :: Feeling (a.) Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart..
Lethargical :: Lethargical (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy..
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected..
Prude :: Prude (a.) A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.
Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..
Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
Sick :: Sick (superl.) Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
Whine :: Whine (n.) A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint..
Vapored :: Vapored (a.) Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5..
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