affected+manner

  • 61mug — 1. noun /mʌɡ/ a) A large cup for hot liquids, usually having a handle and used without a saucer. What an ugly mug. b) The face, often used deprecatingly. He’s a gullible mug he believed her again …

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  • 62Charles G. Widdén — Contents 1 Swedish American entertainer 2 Popular recording artist 3 Renewed interest in Charles G. Widdén 4 “Mountain Trolls” (1914 recording) …

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  • 63PRIDE — noun affectation, affected manner, affectedness, airs, boastfulness, braggadocio, braggartism, cockiness, condescension, coxcombry, dandyism, egoism, egotism, foppishness, haughtiness, hubris, immodesty, lordliness, narcissism, pomposity,… …

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  • 64Vanity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vanity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity Sgm: N 1 conceit conceit conceitedness Sgm: N 1 self conceit self conceit self complacency self confidence self sufficiency self esteem self love self approba …

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  • 65chichi —    (SHEE shee) [French] Trendy in a pretentious or ostentatious way; fussily elegant; showy; in an affected manner.    There is nothing chichi about the sweaters, skirts, pants, jackets and coats. The St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 5, 1999 …

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  • 66la-di-da — (also lah di dah) adjective informal pretentious or snobbish. Origin C19: imitative of an affected manner of speech …

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  • 67mince — verb 1》 [often as adjective minced] cut up or shred (meat) into very small pieces. 2》 walk in an affected manner with short, quick steps and swinging hips. noun chiefly Brit. minced meat. Phrases mince words (or one s words) [usu. with negative]… …

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  • 68sententious — [sɛn tɛnʃəs] adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. Derivatives sententiously adverb sententiousness noun Origin ME (in sense full of meaning or wisdom ): from L. sententiosus, from sententia (see sentence) …

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  • 69affectation — n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner, pretence, false pretence, artificiality, unnaturalness, stiffness, finical air, mincingness, foppery …

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  • 70camp it up — Verb. To overact in an affected manner. E.g. If you want to see people camping it up, walk down Canal Street in the Gay Village in Manchester on a Saturday night. See camp …

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