affected

Plural: affecteds

Verb

• have an effect upon
• act physically on; have an effect upon
• connect closely and often incriminatingly
• make believe with the intent to deceive
• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• simple past and past participle of affect

Adjective

• acted upon; influenced
• speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
• being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

Adj

• Influenced or changed by something.
• Simulated in order to impress.
• Emotionally moved; touched.
• adfected.
• Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

Noun

• Someone affected, as by a disease.

Examples

• an affected equation
• He spoke with an affected English accent.
• The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
• The affected products had to be recalled.
• The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

Synonyms

affect, bear on, bear upon, dissemble, feign, impact, impress, involve, move, moved, pretend, regard, sham, stirred, strike, touch, touch on, touched, unnatural, Woosterian, affected, artificial, effete, fey, hoity-toity, insincere, mannered, overrefined, pansified, precious, pretentious, recherché, smug, stagy, stilted, theatrical

Antonyms

unaffected, unmoved

Related Words

affectation, effected

Anagrams of affected