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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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Ochs warned of the heat: “People won’t be as used to it” at this time of year and so may be more affected by the high temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 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

European countries have to import oil and are more affected by high energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Goods prices are far more affected by tariffs than service prices.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

The rose was now more affected by the wind or the rain or even the hot sun.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan