Meaning & use
affected
Behaving in an artificial or exaggerated way intended to impress others.
See it in a sentence
His affected British accent fooled no one who had known him growing up.
The actor's affected laugh made the scene feel insincere.
A note on using this word
This sense of an artificial manner differs from the past-participle sense of affect, meaning influenced or changed by something.
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Words with an opposite meaning
genuinenatural
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Influenced or changed by something, often negatively.
Several coastal towns were badly affected by the flooding.
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