Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

affected

/əˈfɛktɪd/ adjective, noun

Also a form of affect

Forms affecteds

  1. adjective Influenced or changed by something. “The affected products had to be recalled.”
  2. adjective Simulated in order to impress. “He spoke with an affected English accent.”
  3. adjective Emotionally moved; touched.
  4. adjective (algebra, archaic) adfected. “an affected equation”
  5. adjective Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
  6. noun Someone affected, as by a disease.

Synonyms

artificial insincere pretentious mannered stagy stilted effete fey recherché hoity-toity overrefined pansified precious smug theatrical Woosterian unnatural moved stirred touched

Antonyms

unaffected

Webster’s 1913

  1. participle Regarded with affection; beloved. [Obs.]
  2. participle Inclined; disposed; attached.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “affected”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “affected” (best matches first).

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