affected
/əˈfɛktɪd/
verb
- 1
To influence or alter.
“The experience affected me deeply.”
- 2
To move to emotion.
“He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.”
- 3
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
“Hepatitis affects the liver.”
- 4
To dispose or incline.
- 5
To tend to by affinity or disposition.
- 6
To assign; to appoint.
verb
- 1
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
“He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.”
- 2
To aim for, to try to obtain.
- 3
To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
- 4
To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
noun
- 1
Someone affected, as by a disease.
adjective
- 1
Influenced or changed by something.
“The affected products had to be recalled.”
- 2
Simulated in order to impress.
“He spoke with an affected English accent.”
- 3
Emotionally moved; touched.
- 4
Adfected.
“an affected equation”
- 5
Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
- 6
Artificial, stilted
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