affected

Speech parts

1. affected - Noun

2. affected - Adjective

3. affected - Verb

Meaning

of Affect

Regarded with affection; beloved.

Inclined; disposed; attached.

Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.

Assumed artificially; not natural.

Made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

touched stirred moved forced studied struck unnatural stricken contrived pretentious showy ostentatious mannered influenced popper
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Antonyms

unaffected spartan down-to-earth known natural lost
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Phrases with the word

be affected without being affected by affected by drugs emotionally affected self-affected affected area

Examples

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal

My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own. David Weber

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. Pierre Trudeau

When the affected lady is doing well she eats her peas with a pin. Jamaican Proverb

The mouth which ate pepper is the one which pepper affected. Idoman Proverb

Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

affectationist affectatious affectatiously affected area affected by autism affected by drugs