Thesaurus / affectation
FEEDBACKsynonyms for affectation
synonyms for affectation
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing 
antonyms for affectation
MOST RELEVANT
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING affectation
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
How to use affectation in a sentence
My growing affectation for him aside, Ethan Winters isn’t likely to enter the pantheon of great video game characters.
THE REAL TRAGEDY OF ETHAN WINTERS, RESIDENT EVIL’S ‘VILLAGE’ IDIOTGENE PARKMAY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt is the sort of affectation a bad man might pick up after too many viewings of “The Shining.”
CAPITOL RIOTERS SEARCHED FOR NANCY PELOSI IN A WAY THAT SHOULD MAKE EVERY WOMAN’S SKIN CRAWLMONICA HESSEFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTCringe is only possible in a cultural and political moment like ours, when we have so effectively surrounded ourselves with those who share our affections and affectations.
WE LIVE IN A GOLDEN AGE OF CRINGESONNY BUNCHJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe finds your old-fashioned affectations sweet, but more than that she craves what you have, the information you have carried in your body for so many decades.
DARK SPACES ON THE MAPKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWHe signed off with a certain affectation, an identifiable term, so I'm not using it here.
CAROLYN HAX: SHE SWIPED RIGHT, AND NOW IT FEELS SO, SO WRONGCAROLYN HAXNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAnd he replied shortly, and with a slight charming affectation of pride: "I did without."
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTTo me the national affectation of piety and holiness resembles a white shirt put on over a dirty skin.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDHer affectation of extreme youth was so absurdly ridiculous, that it made her appear older and uglier than she really was.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIEAvoid affectation; it is the sure test of a deceitful, vulgar mind.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHe is a stranger to affectation—that dangerous rock to the would-be wit; he is natural, and is witty without trying to be a wit.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLWORDS RELATED TO AFFECTATION
- act
- affectation
- arrangement
- array
- arrayal
- blaze
- bravura
- dash
- demonstration
- example
- exhibit
- exhibition
- expo
- exposition
- exposure
- fanfare
- flourish
- for show
- frame-up
- frippery
- front
- grandstand play
- layout
- manifestation
- ostentation
- ostentatiousness
- pageant
- panorama
- parade
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentation
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- revelation
- sample
- scheme
- shine
- showboat
- splash
- splendor
- splurge
- spread
- unfolding
- vanity
- acts
- affectations
- arrangements
- arrayals
- arrays
- blazes
- bravuras
- dashes
- demonstrations
- examples
- exhibitions
- exhibits
- expos
- expositions
- exposures
- fanfares
- flourishes
- for shows
- frame-ups
- fripperies
- fronts
- grandstand plays
- layouts
- manifestations
- ostentation
- ostentatiousnesses
- pageants
- panoramas
- parades
- pedantry
- pomp
- presentations
- pretensions
- pretentiousness
- revelations
- samples
- schemes
- shine
- showboats
- splashes
- splendors
- splurges
- spreads
- unfoldings
- vanities
- affectation
- amusement
- caprice
- chic
- conceit
- cry
- custom
- dernier cri
- eccentricity
- fancy
- fantasy
- fashion
- fool notion
- frivolity
- furor
- hobby
- humor
- in
- in thing
- innovation
- kick
- kink
- latest word
- mania
- mode
- new look
- newest wrinkle
- passing fancy
- passion
- quirk
- rage
- sport
- style
- thing
- trend
- vagary
- vogue
- whim
- whimsy
- wrinkle
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.