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affected

adjective

  1. assumed/displayed artificially
L1547380 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. have an effect on, have an effect on
L334308 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˈfɛktɪd/

adj

  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.

    The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.

  3. 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.

  4. adfected.

    an affected equation

  5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

noun

  1. 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

  1. simple past and past participle of affect

    The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.