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affected

Syllables: af·fect·ed/əˈfɛktɪd/

affected adjective: influenced or changed by something. Also the simple past and past participle of affect.

Adjective

affected (comparative more affected, superlative most affected)

  1. Influenced or changed by something.
    • The affected products had to be recalled.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
  4. (archaic) adfected.
    • an affected equation
  5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

Noun

affected (plural affecteds)

  1. 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 […].1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page 306

Also used as

affected is also the simple past and past participle of affect.

affected meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

affected in Tamil

பாதிக்கப்பட்ட

affected in Marathi

प्रभावित, बाधित

affected in Urdu

متاثر, متاثرہ

affected in Telugu

ప్రభావితమైన
More languagesFewer languages
affected in Kannada
ಬಾಧಿತರು
affected in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ
affected in Gujarati
અસરગ્રસ્ત
affected in Nepali
प्रभावित

Examples of affected in a sentence

  • The election has affected our society, for it has effected major changes in the government.
  • The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
  • He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.

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Synonyms of affected

6 more synonymsFewer synonyms

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Forms of affected

Adjective
comparativemore affected
superlativemost affected
Noun
pluralaffecteds

Words formed from affected

Phrases with affected

Questions about affected

What does affected mean?
Affected means influenced or changed by something.
What is affected in Tamil?
Affected in Tamil is பாதிக்கப்பட்ட. See Affected meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is affected?
Affected can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce affected?
Affected is pronounced /əˈfɛktɪd/.

Words near affected in the dictionary

  1. affectationists
  2. affectations
  3. affectatious
  4. affectatiously
  5. affectative
  6. affected
  7. affected equation
  8. affected equations
  9. affectedest
  10. affectedly
  11. affectedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: affected (page history and authors); affected (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); affected (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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