Antonyms of adj unaffected

4 senses of unaffected

Sense 1
unaffected (vs. affected) -- (undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment")

affected (vs. unaffected) -- (acted upon; influenced)
        => impressed (predicate) -- (deeply or markedly affected or influenced)
        => smitten, stricken, struck -- ((used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck")
        => stage-struck -- (infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act)
        => subject -- (likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression")
        => taken -- (be affected with an indisposition; "the child was taken ill"; "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk")
        => wonder-struck -- (affected by or overcome with wonder)

Sense 2
insensible (predicate), unaffected (predicate) -- (unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him")

INDIRECT (VIA insensitive) -> sensitive -- (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs")

Sense 3
unmoved (predicate) (vs. moved), unaffected, untouched -- (emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable")


Sense 4
unaffected (vs. affected) -- (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace")

affected (vs. unaffected), unnatural -- (speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression)
        => agonistic, strained -- (struggling for effect; "agonistic poses")
        => artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted -- (artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation")
        => constrained, forced, strained -- (lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile")
        => elocutionary -- ((used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery")
        => mannered -- (having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom")
        => plummy -- ((of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice")

Similarity of adj unaffected

4 senses of unaffected

Sense 1
unaffected (vs. affected) -- (undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment")
       => immune -- ((usually followed by `to') not affected by a given influence; "immune to persuasion")
       => superior (predicate) -- ((often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades")
       => unimpressed -- (not moved to serious regard; "trying to appear unimpressed")
       => uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched -- (not influenced or affected; "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington; "unswayed by personal considerations")
          Also See-> unmoved#1, unaffected#3, untouched#4

Sense 2
insensible (predicate), unaffected (predicate) -- (unaware of or indifferent to; "insensible to the suffering around him")
       => insensitive (vs. sensitive) -- (deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients")

Sense 3
unmoved (predicate) (vs. moved), unaffected, untouched -- (emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable")
          Also See-> unaffected#1; unemotional#1

Sense 4
unaffected (vs. affected) -- (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace")
       => lifelike, natural -- (free from artificiality; "a lifelike pose"; "a natural reaction")
       => unmannered -- (without artificiality; natural; "the doctor's quiet unmannered entry")
       => unselfconscious -- (not self-conscious; "she grew up with him in unselfconscious friendship")
       => unstilted -- (flowing naturally and continuously; "unstilted conversation")
          Also See-> unstudied#1, uncontrived#1

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