English Online Dictionary. What means affected? What does affected mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈfɛktɪd/
- Hyphenation: af‧fect‧ed
Adjective
affected (comparative more affected, superlative most affected)
- Influenced or changed by something.
- Simulated in order to impress.
- Synonyms: artificial, insincere, pretentious, mannered, stilted; see also Thesaurus:pretentious
- Emotionally moved; touched.
- (algebra, archaic) adfected.
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- affectation
Noun
affected (plural affecteds)
- Someone affected, as by a disease.
Verb
affected
- simple past and past participle of affect
See also
- effected