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- Dictionaryaffected/əˈfɛktɪd/
adjective
- 1. influenced or touched by an external factor: "affected areas"
- 2. artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress: "the gesture appeared both affected and stagy"
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disapproving uk / əˈfek.tɪd / us / əˈfek.tɪd /. Add to word list. artificial and not sincere: an affected manner / style of writing. I found her very affected. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Affected & insincere. affectation. affectedly.
to pretend to feel or think something: To all his problems she affected indifference. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. formal mainly disapproving. to start to wear or do something in order to make people admire or respect you: At university he affected an upper-class accent. He's recently affected a hat and cane.
1. a. : having or showing an attitude or mode of behavior that is not natural or genuinely felt : given to or marked by affectation. spoke in an affected manner. b. : assumed artificially or falsely : pretended. an affected interest in art. 2. : inclined, disposed. was well affected toward her. affectedly adverb. affectedness noun. Synonyms.
Affected definition: acted upon; influenced.. See examples of AFFECTED used in a sentence.
to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something: Both buildings were badly affected by the fire. The divorce affected every aspect of her life. It's a disease that affects mainly older people. I was deeply affected by the film (= it caused strong feelings in me).
af· fect ə-ˈfekt. a- affected; affecting; affects. Synonyms of affect. transitive verb. : to produce an effect upon (someone or something): a. : to act on and cause a change in (someone or something) Rainfall affects plant growth. areas to be affected by highway construction.
Define affected. affected synonyms, affected pronunciation, affected translation, English dictionary definition of affected. adj. 1. Acted upon, influenced, or changed. 2. Emotionally stirred or moved. 3. Infected or attacked, as by disease. adj. 1. Assumed or simulated to impress...
adjective. /əˈfektɪd/ changed or influenced by something. Rub the ointment into the affected areas. Don't worry about the rule changes—you're not affected. Want to learn more?
Affected is the adjective form of the verb. After a flood, affected homeowners might try to get insurance. A sad movie might leave you deeply affected. The word can also refer to behavior that's done only to impress someone: if you're acting affected, you might use big, fake melodramatic gestures.
As a verb affect 1 means “to act on” or “to move” (His words affected the crowd so deeply that many wept); affect 2 means “to pretend” or “to assume” (new students affecting a nonchalance they didn't feel).
