affected

Meanings

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.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

unaffected, unmoved

Related Words

affectation, effected

Anagrams of affected