The meaning of Artificial

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

adjective

Deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.

Usage examples:

Here, however, several contrived situations are grafted into the plot to generate artificial tension.

verb

Create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.

Usage examples:

His opponents contrived a cabinet crisis

adjective

Regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality.

Usage examples:

An exaggerated account of his adventures

verb

Represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.

Usage examples:

He was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains

adjective

Seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is

Usage examples:

Exaggerated reports of the problem, the slimming effect of wearing black has been greatly exaggerat…

adjective

Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.

Usage examples:

He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective

(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive

Usage examples:

Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective

Not true or correct

Usage examples:

It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

adjective

Simulated or pretended; insincere.

Usage examples:

Her eyes widened with feigned shock

verb

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

Usage examples:

She feigned nervousness

verb

Past simple and past participle of feign

Usage examples:

You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are., the prosecution claimed …

adjective

Obtained or imposed by coercion or physical power.

Usage examples:

There was no sign of a forced entry

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

adjective

Involving physical, often violent, strength or power

Usage examples:

There were no obvious signs of forced entry into the house., the plane made a forced landing in den…

adjective

Having a hole or empty space inside.

Usage examples:

A hollow metal tube

noun

A hole or depression in something.

Usage examples:

A hollow at the base of a large tree

verb

Form by making a hole.

Usage examples:

A tunnel was hollowed out in a mountain range

adjective

Not expressing genuine feelings.

Usage examples:

She flashed him an insincere smile

adjective

Not feeling, believing, or meaning something although you pretend to; not sincere

Usage examples:

An insincere promise/offer, there’s often a bit of insincerity in these speeches.

adjective

Done with great effort and difficulty.

Usage examples:

His breathing was laboured

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

adjective

Needing a lot of effort, often because someone is tired

Usage examples:

Her breathing was heavy and laboured., a laboured joke

adjective

Behaving in a specified way.

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Bad-mannered

adjective

Having ways of behaving toward people

Usage examples:

The children are well mannered., he continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received.

adjective

(of food) overcooked.

Usage examples:

He sat there chewing his overdone steak

verb

Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.

Usage examples:

She rather overdoes the early cockney scenes

adjective

(esp. of meat) cooked too long

Usage examples:

The steak was dry and overdone.

adjective

Too ripe; past its best.

Usage examples:

Overripe tomatoes

adjective

Too ripe and starting to decay

adjective

Not genuine; fraudulent.

Usage examples:

Phoney cruise-ship job offers

noun

A fraudulent person or thing.

Usage examples:

I'm a fake, a phony, a fraud, an impostor, and a charlatan of the worse degree.

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.

Usage examples:

The children poured out pretend tea for the dolls

verb

To behave as if something is true when you know that it is not, esp. in order to deceive people or as a game

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] tom pretends to care., [ + (that) clause ] the children pretended (that) they w…

adjective

Not genuine; assumed.

Usage examples:

Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern

verb

Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

Usage examples:

I closed my eyes and pretended i was asleep

adjective

False

Usage examples:

His pretended enthusiasm/interest

idiom

Something intended to deceive

noun

A deception; a hoax.

Usage examples:

It's hard to tell if it's brilliant or a put-on, or just a brilliant put-on.

idiom

To joke with someone by saying something that is hard for the person to believe

Usage examples:

"i hear joe’s quit his job." "you’re putting me on!", doctors put her on antibiotics after discover…

adjective

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Usage examples:

Separating authentic and spurious claims

adjective

(of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural.

Usage examples:

We made stilted conversation

adjective

(of behavior, speech, or writing) too formal and not smooth or natural

Usage examples:

Legal language tends to be very stilted.

adjective

(of a person's behaviour or way of speaking or writing) too formal and not smooth or natural

Usage examples:

He writes in a formal and somewhat stilted style., the dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perh…

adjective

Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Usage examples:

Jean's pale, strained face

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

adjective

Nervous, worried, or having problems

Usage examples:

She had a strained expression on her face., a strained knee

adjective

Contrary to the ordinary course of nature; abnormal.

Usage examples:

Death by unnatural causes

adjective

Not found in nature; artificial

Usage examples:

Nothing unnatural or polluting can be used., the recordings have an unnatural sound.