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Definitions for Affected

[1] acted upon; influenced.
[2] influenced in a harmful way; impaired, harmed, or attacked, as by climate or disease.
[3] (of the mind or feelings) impressed; moved; touched: She was deeply affected by their generosity.
[4] assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
[5] assuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarrassing.
[6] inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker's cause.
[7] held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents.
[8] to act on; produce an effect or change in: Cold weather affected the crops.
[9] to impress the mind or move the feelings of: The music affected him deeply.
[10] (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of.
[11] Psychology . feeling or emotion.
[12] Psychiatry . an expressed or observed emotional response: Restricted, flat, or blunted affect may be a symptom of mental illness, especially schizophrenia.
[13] Obsolete . affection; passion; sensation; inclination; inward disposition or feeling.
[14] to give the appearance of; pretend or feign: to affect knowledge of the situation.
[15] to assume artificially, pretentiously, or for effect: to affect a Southern accent.
[16] to use, wear, or adopt by preference; choose; prefer: the peculiar costume he affected.
[17] to assume the character or attitude of: to affect the freethinker.
[18] (of things) to tend toward habitually or naturally: a substance that affects colloidal form.
[19] (of animals and plants) to occupy or inhabit; live in or on: Lions affect Africa. Moss affects the northern slopes.
[20] Archaic . to have affection for; fancy. to aim at; aspire to.
[21] Obsolete . to incline, tend, or favor (usually followed by to ): He affects to the old ways.
[22] deeply moved, esp by sorrow or grief he was greatly affected by her departure
[23] changed, esp detrimentally
[24] behaving, speaking, etc, in an artificial or assumed way, esp in order to impress others
[25] feigned affected indifference
[26] archaic inclined; disposed
[27] to act upon or influence, esp in an adverse way damp affected the sparking plugs
[28] to move or disturb emotionally or mentally her death affected him greatly
[29] (of pain, disease, etc) to attack
[30] psychol the emotion associated with an idea or set of ideas See also affection
[31] to put on an appearance or show of; make a pretence of to affect ignorance
[32] to imitate or assume, esp pretentiously to affect an accent
[33] to have or use by preference she always affects funereal clothing
[34] to adopt the character, manner, etc, of he was always affecting the politician
[35] (of plants or animals) to live or grow in penguins affect an arctic climate
[36] to incline naturally or habitually towards falling drops of liquid affect roundness

Words related to Affected

impressed, distressed, concerned, damaged, touched, troubled, overwhelmed, afflicted, stirred, injured, influenced, compassionate, altered, upset, stimulated, tender, impaired, excited, grieved, contrived

Words nearby Affected

affaire d'honneur, affaire de coeur, affairs, affect, affectation, affected, affecting, affection, affectional, affectional orientation, affectionate

Origin of Affected

21400–50; late Middle English < Middle French affecter < Latin affectāre to strive after, feign (frequentative of afficere to do to), equivalent to af- af- + fec- (see affect1) + -tāre frequentative suffix

Other words from Affected

af·fect·ed·ly , adverb
af·fect·ed·ness , noun
af·fect·a·ble , adjective
af·fect·a·bil·i·ty , noun
af·fect·er , noun

Word origin for Affected

C15: from Latin affectāre to strive after, pretend to have; related to afficere to affect 1

Synonyms for Affected

afflicted, concerned, damaged, distressed, impressed, overwhelmed, stirred, touched, troubled, altered, changed, compassionate, excited, grieved, impaired, influenced, injured, stimulated, tender, upset, overwrought, sorry, sympathetic