affected
adjective
- assumed/displayed artificially
adjective
- have an effect on, have an effect on
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈfɛktɪd/
adj
- Influenced or changed by something.
“The affected products had to be recalled.”
- 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.”
- 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
- 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.”