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most 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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Bournemouth are most affected on -4, with Villa, Leeds and Newcastle on -3.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The areas where cacao can grow are precisely in the most affected areas, and we think we’ll see an incredible transformation in developing this new Colombian coffee.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

And transportation and warehousing, which has been among the sectors most affected by tariffs, and where men outnumber women three to one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The northern part of Greenland is now one of the regions most affected by these changes, emerging as a major hotspot for extreme melting.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Cats, who so meticulously groom their coats and lick their paws, seemed to be most affected.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson