Affectedness, n. Affectation.

Affecting, a. Moving, touching, pathetic, impressive.

Affection, n. 1. Feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mind.

2. Attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, mode.

3. Love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passion.

4. (Med.) Disorder, malady, disease.

Affectionate, a. Loving, fond, attached, devoted, warm, tender, kind, sympathetic, tender-hearted, warm-hearted.

Affiance, v. a. Betroth, engage.

Affidavit, n. Testimony (in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, but given without cross-examination), evidence, deposition.

Affiliate, v. a. 1. Adopt, treat as one's own child.

2. Connect, associate, unite, join, bring into close relation.

Affinity, n. 1. Relationship (by marriage), kin, consanguinity, propinquity.

2. Resemblance, likeness, relation, correlation, analogy, connection, similarity, similitude, parallelism, correspondence, parity, sympathy.

3. (Chem.) Attraction.

Affirm, v. a. 1. Declare, aver, assert, maintain, asseverate, avouch, vouch, allege, say, profess, protest, pronounce, predicate.

2. Confirm, ratify, approve, establish.

Affirm, v. n. Assert, declare, aver, say, state, swear, testify, depose, bear witness.

Affirmable, a. Predicable.

Affirmation, n. Assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, predication, testimony, deposition.

Affirmative, a. 1. That affirms.

2. Indicative.

3. (Alg.) Positive, not negative.

Affix, v. a. Join, subjoin, annex, attach, connect, set to, unite to the end.

Affix, n. Postfix, suffix.

Afflatus, n. Inspiration, supernatural influence.

Afflict, v. a. Grieve, distress, trouble, torment, agonize, plague, pain, hurt, harass, wound, exercise, grind, persecute, smite, make sorrowful.

Afflicting, a. Grievous, painful, distressing, calamitous, disastrous, afflictive, sad, unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched, dire, deplorable, sore, woful, severe, hard, trying, hard to bear.

Affliction, n. 1. Calamity, adversity, misfortune, disaster, visitation, stroke, reverse, reverse of fortune.

2. Grief, sorrow, distress, woe, tribulation, trial, plague, scourge, trouble, heartache, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, gripe, griping, broken heart, heavy heart.

Afflictive, a. Afflicting.

Affluence, n. Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, ample store, ample means.

Affluent, a. 1. Abundant, exuberant.

2. Opulent, wealthy, rich, moneyed.

Afford, v. a. 1. Supply, furnish, yield, produce.

2. Confer, impart, grant, bestow, offer, lend, give, communicate, spare.

3. Bear the cost or expense of.

Affray, n. Brawl (in a public place), quarrel, feud, squabble, wrangle, contest, altercation, strife, row, fray, broil, fight, melee, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, rumpus, breach of the peace.

Affright, v. a. Frighten, terrify, alarm, scare, daunt, appall, dismay, fright, intimidate, startle, overawe, put in fear.

Affright, n. Terror, fear, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic.

Affront, v. a. 1. Insult, abuse, outrage.

2. Offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, miff, give offence to, make angry.

Affront, n. 1. Insult, abuse, contumely, indignity, outrage, injury, wrong, ill-treatment, ill-turn.

2. Provocation, offence.

Affusion, n. Sprinkling.

Afoot, ad. 1. On foot.

2. Preparing, forthcoming, in preparation, in course of preparation, on the carpet, on the tapis, on the anvil.

Aforementioned, a. Aforesaid.

Aforesaid, a. Said before, aforementioned, before-mentioned, fore-named, above-mentioned, above-named.

Aforethought, a. Premeditated, prepense.

A fortiori, [L.] With stronger reason, for a still stronger reason.

Afraid, a. Fearful, haunted with fear.

Afresh, ad. Anew, newly, again, over again, de novo.

Aft, ad. (Naut.) Abaft, astern, behind, back, rearward, in the rear.

After, prep. 1. Subsequent to, later than.