Synonyms: affected
Definition: acted upon; influenced
Similar words: impressed
Definition: deeply or markedly affected or influenced
Similar words: stricken, struck, smitten
Definition: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
Usage: conscience-smitten; awe-struck
Similar words: stage-struck
Definition: infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially the desire to act
Similar words: subject
Definition: likely to be affected by something
Usage: the bond is subject to taxation; he is subject to fits of depression
Similar words: taken
Definition: be affected with an indisposition
Usage: the child was taken ill; couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk
Similar words: wonder-struck
Definition: affected by or overcome with wonder
Definition: speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
Similar words: strained, agonistic
Definition: struggling for effect
Usage: agonistic poses
Similar words: artificial, hokey, stilted, contrived
Definition: artificially formal
Usage: 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
Similar words: constrained, forced, strained
Definition: lacking spontaneity; not natural
Usage: a constrained smile; forced heartiness; a strained smile
Similar words: elocutionary
Definition: (used of style of speaking) overly embellished
Usage: an elocutionary Oxonian delivery
Similar words: mannered
Definition: having unnatural mannerisms
Usage: brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom
Similar words: plummy
Definition: (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich
Usage: the radio announcer's plummy voice
Synonyms: moved, touched, stirred, affected
Definition: being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
Usage: too moved to speak; very touched by the stranger's kindness
Similar words: sick
Definition: deeply affected by a strong feeling
Usage: sat completely still, sick with envy; she was sick with longing