full of affectation

full of affectation
index pretentious (pompous)

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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

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