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more affected

ADJECTIVE

deeply moved or hurt emotionally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afflicted concerned damaged distressed impressed overwhelmed stirred touched troubled

STRONG

altered changed compassionate excited grieved impaired influenced injured stimulated tender upset

WEAK

overwrought sorry sympathetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK calm collected happy sane untroubled

STRONG

hard healthy kept

WEAK

unchanged unhurt unimpaired uninjured unmoved unperturbed unswayed

ADJECTIVE

changed in a bad or artificial way

Synonyms

STRONG

assumed contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked feigned ham hollow imitated overdone playacting pretended shallow sham simulated studied unnatural

WEAK

apish artificial awkward campy chichi conceited false fraud gone Hollywood hammy high falutin' insincere melodramatic ostentatious pedantic phony pompous precious pretentious put-on schmaltzy self-conscious spurious stiff stilted superficial theatrical

Antonyms

STRONG

genuine natural real sincere true

WEAK

OK calm unchanged unhurt unimpaired uninjured unmoved unperturbed unswayed untroubled

Example Sentences

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“In short, once that spread peaks, it typically signals the end of the price spike in Brent oil, which is more affected than WTI.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Children whose mothers had lower levels of education were much more affected than those whose mothers had higher education levels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Approximately 19,000 premises were still without electricity in the South West, with hundreds more affected in the East Midlands, the West Midlands and Wales.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

“These are households that have been more affected by the economic consequences than any other group,” Padilla said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

I was more affected by his imminent demise than I was by my own.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel