full of affectation
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Affectation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Affectation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 affectation affectation Sgm: N 1 affectedness affectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acting a part acting a part &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense &c.(falsehood) 544 … English dictionary for students
affected — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Being subject to influence] Syn. moved, touched, melted, influenced, sympathetic, stirred, grieved, overwhelmed, moved to tears, hurt, injured, wakened, struck, impressed, brought to a realization of, overwrought, imbued … English dictionary for students
artificial — artificially, adv. artificialness, n. /ahr teuh fish euhl/, adj. 1. made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers. 2. imitation; simulated; sham: artificial vanilla flavoring. 3. lacking naturalness or… … Universalium
pretentious — I (ostentatious) adjective adorned, artificial, bespangled, brassy, conspicuous, decorated, embellished, flamboyant, flashy, fulgent, fulgid, garish, gaudy, iactans, meretricious, ornamented, ornate, ornatus, overly decorated, showy, superficial … Law dictionary
artificial — ar•ti•fi•cial [[t]ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əl[/t]] adj. 1) made by human skill; produced by humans; not natural 2) jew cvb imitation; simulated; sham: artificial vanilla flavoring; artificial gemstones[/ex] 3) lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced: an… … From formal English to slang
artificial — /atəˈfɪʃəl / (say ahtuh fishuhl) adjective 1. made by human skill and labour (opposed to natural). 2. made in imitation of or as a substitute; not genuine. 3. feigned; fictitious; assumed. 4. full of affectation; affected. 5. Biology based on… …
affected — affected1 [ə fekt′id] adj. [pp. of AFFECT1] 1. attacked by disease; afflicted 2. influenced; acted upon 3. emotionally moved or touched affected2 [a fekt′id, əfekt′id] adj. [pp. of … English World dictionary
affected — adj. 1 in senses of AFFECT(1), AFFECT(2). 2 artificially assumed or displayed; pretended (an affected air of innocence). 3 (of a person) full of affectation; artificial. 4 (prec. by adv.; often foll. by towards) disposed, inclined. Derivatives:… … Useful english dictionary
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Split infinitive — A split infinitive is an English language grammatical construction in which a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, comes between the marker to and the bare infinitive (uninflected) form of a verb. For example, a split infinitive … Wikipedia
