affected
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affected
- /əˈfɛktɪd/
adjective more affected · most affected
- Influenced or changed by something. The affected products had to be recalled.
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Simulated in order to impress.
He spoke with an affected English accent.
Similar: artificial, insincere, pretentious, mannered, stagy, stilted, affected, effete, fey, recherché, hoity-toity, overrefined
- Emotionally moved; touched. Jones […] was easily prevailed on to satisfy Mr Dowling's curiosity, by relating the history of his birth and education, which he did, like Othello. […] Mr Dowling was indeed very greatly affected with this relation; for he had not divested himself of humanity by being an attorney.
- adfected. an affected equation
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
noun affecteds
- Someone affected, as by a disease. Affecteds felt that they get conflicting orders from superiors more frequently than did nonaffecteds […]. Affecteds were more frequently bothered by feelings of a sharp increase in their workload than nonaffecteds […].
verb
- simple past and past participle of affect The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: touched, moved, impressed, mannered, contrived, taken, smitten, artificial, forced, strained, constrained, stricken, elocutionary, unnatural, stilted, agonistic
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adj influenced or changed by something
| Deutsch | betroffen, beeinflusst, beeinträchtigt, tangiert, angegriffen, affiziert |
|---|---|
| Italiano | impattato |
adj simulated in order to impress
| Deutsch | affektiert, simuliert, vorgegeben, vorgespielt, vorgespiegelt, erheuchelt |
|---|---|
| Italiano | lezioso, affettato |
adj behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner
| Español | amanerado, remilgado, melindroso, esquilimoso |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | affektiert, gekünstelt, vorgespielt, vorgespiegelt, geziert, blasiert |
| Italiano | manierato, affettato, lezioso |
| Русский | притво́рный pritvórnyj, показно́й pokaznój, неесте́ственный nejestéstvennyj, нарочи́тый naročítyj, ло́жный lóžnyj, вы́чурный výčurnyj |
adj emotionally moved, touched
| Deutsch | betroffen, beeindruckt, angesprochen, getroffen, leidenschaftlich, bewegt |
|---|---|
| Italiano | colpito |
adj resulting from a mostly negative physical effect
| Español | afectado, aquejado |
|---|---|
| Português | afetado |
| Français | affecté |
| Deutsch | angegriffen, in Mitleidenschaft gezogen, beschwert |
| Italiano | colpito, afflitto |
Talk about this word "affected." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/affected. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. affected. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/affected "affected." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/affected.Cite this
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title = {affected},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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