affected

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 45.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Influenced or changed by something.

   The affected products had to be recalled.

2. adjective Simulated in order to impress.

   He spoke with an affected English accent.

3. adjective Emotionally moved; touched.
4. adjective adfected.

   an affected equation

5. adjective Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
6. noun Someone affected, as by a disease.
7. verb simple past and past participle of affect

   The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

Similar words

touched moved impressed mannered contrived taken smitten artificial forced strained

Often followed by

by the with in to and his side area

Word family

affect affectedly affectedness affectednesses affecting affective affectively affects