affectations Antonyms
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No Weak antonyms found.
Strongest:
- arrogance
- pretence
- affectedness
- disdain
- superiority
- pride
- grandiosity
- vanity
- pretense
- pretension
- inflation
Strong:
- imperiousness
- haughtiness
- smugness
- self-satisfaction
- vainness
- egotism
- snobbishness
- snobbery
- superciliousness
- hauteur
- vainglory
- confidence
- pretentiousness
- complacency
Weak:
- ostentation
- gaudiness
- rudeness
- showiness
- vaingloriousness
- boldness
- garishness
- self-assurance
- braggadocio
- self-confidence
- cockiness
- assertiveness
- self-aggrandizement
- mummery
- impudence
- pompousness
- audaciousness
- forwardness
- brassiness
- sureness
- self-assumption
- lordliness
- bumptiousness
- self-assertion
- presumption
- self-glorification
- grandiloquence
- glitz
- cheekiness
- self-conceit
- flamboyance
- self-consequence
- presumptuousness
- aggressiveness
- self-importance
- boastfulness
- flashiness
- insolence
- ostentatiousness
- conceit
Meaning of affectations
affectations
a striving after, the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt, speech or conduct not natural to oneself, an unnatural form of behavior usually intended to impress others
affectations Sentence Examples
- Her elegant affectations concealed her humble origins.
- The singer's vocal affectations were a result of years of classical training.
- The politician's pretentious affectations alienated his constituents.
- The actress's exaggerated affectations made her performance seem artificial.
- The young man's affectations of sophistication only served to make him appear foolish.
- The aging socialite's affectations of youthfulness were both desperate and comical.
- The writer's affectations of erudition obscured the true depth of his intelligence.
- The dancer's graceful affectations enhanced her captivating performance.
- The artist's affectations of bohemianism masked a deep-seated insecurity.
- The teacher's affectations of patience were a thin veneer over her growing frustration.
FAQs About the word affectations
a striving after, the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt, speech or conduct not natural
arrogance, pretence, affectedness, disdain, superiority, pride, grandiosity, vanity, pretense,pretension
humbleness,humility, lowliness, meekness, diffidence, modesty, demureness, sincerity,timidity, shyness
Her elegant affectations concealed her humble origins.
The singer's vocal affectations were a result of years of classical training.
The politician's pretentious affectations alienated his constituents.
The actress's exaggerated affectations made her performance seem artificial.
