affect | (noun) the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion | - |
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(verb) act physically on; have an effect upon | - |
(verb) have an effect upon | Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on |
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: impress, move, strike |
(verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: involve, regard |
affectation | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectedness, mannerism, pose |
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affected | (adjective) acted upon; influenced | - |
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(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression | Synonyms: unnatural |
(adjective) being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion | Synonyms: moved, stirred, touched |
affectedly | (adverb) in an affected manner | - |
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affectedness | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose |
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(noun) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | - |
affecting | (adjective) arousing affect | Synonyms: poignant, touching |
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affectingly | (adverb) in a poignant or touching manner | Synonyms: poignantly, touchingly |
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affection | (noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
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affectional | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affective, emotive |
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affectionate | (adjective) having or displaying warmth or affection | Synonyms: fond, lovesome, tender |
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affectionately | (adverb) with affection | Synonyms: dear, dearly |
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affectionateness | (noun) a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love | Synonyms: fondness, lovingness, warmth |
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(noun) a positive feeling of liking | Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness |
affective | (adjective) characterized by emotion | Synonyms: affectional, emotive |
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affenpinscher | (noun) European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle | Synonyms: monkey dog, monkey pinscher |
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afferent | (adjective) of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS | - |
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(noun) a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system | Synonyms: afferent nerve, sensory nerve |
caffein | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffeine |
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caffeine | (noun) a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects | Synonyms: caffein |
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caffeinic | (adjective) of or containing caffein | - |
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caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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caffer | (noun) an offensive and insulting term for any Black African | Synonyms: caffre, kaffir, kafir |
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chaffer | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: haggle, higgle, huckster |
corticoafferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticipetal |
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decaffeinate | (verb) remove caffeine from (coffee) | - |
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disaffect | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, estrange |
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disaffected | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious |
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disaffection | (noun) disloyalty to the government or to established authority | - |
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(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, estrangement |
gaffe | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism |
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gaffer | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, foreman, honcho |
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(noun) an elderly man | Synonyms: antique, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer |
(noun) an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set | - |
giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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piaffe | (noun) a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot | - |
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quaffer | (noun) a person who drinks heartily | - |
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rijstaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijsttaffel |
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rijsttaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijstaffel |
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staffer | (noun) an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) | Synonyms: staff member |
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taffeta | (noun) a crisp smooth lustrous fabric | - |
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unaffected | (adjective) undergoing no change when acted upon | - |
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(adjective) free of artificiality; sincere and genuine | - |
(adjective) emotionally unmoved | Synonyms: unmoved, untouched |
(adjective) unaware of or indifferent to | Synonyms: insensible |
unaffectedness | (noun) not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained | - |
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unaffecting | (adjective) not arousing affect | - |
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unaffectionate | (adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: detached, uncaring |
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understaffed | (adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. | Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned |
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