Affected Definition
ə-fĕktĭd
adjective
Acted upon, influenced, or changed.
American Heritage
Influenced; acted upon.
Webster's New World
Emotionally stirred or moved.
American Heritage
Emotionally moved or touched.
Webster's New World
Assumed for effect; artificial.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- stirred
- touched
- moved
- overinvolved
- hyperelegant
- sensationalistic
- lexiphanic
- high-flowing
- grandisonant
- big-sounding
- johnsonian
- gongoristic
- unnatural
- mannered
- artificial
noun
Someone affected, as by a disease.
Wiktionary
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of affect.
The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Affected
Noun
Singular:
affected
Plural:
affectedsOrigin of Affected
From affect
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From affect
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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