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affected¹ Definition

af·fected (ə fekt′id)

adjective

  1. attacked by disease; afflicted
  2. influenced; acted upon
  3. emotionally moved or touched

Etymology: pp. of affect

affected² Definition

af·fected (a fekt′id, ə-)

adjective

  1. assumed for effect; artificial
  2. behaving in an artificial way to impress people; full of affectation

Etymology: pp. of affect

affected² Related Forms
af·fect′·edly adverb
affected Synonyms

affected

modif.

  1. Being subject to influence

    moved, touched, melted, influenced, sympathetic, stirred, grieved, overwhelmed, moved to tears, hurt, injured, wakened, struck, impressed, brought to a realization of, overwrought, imbued with, devoured by, acted upon, worked upon, changed, altered, concerned, involved, interested, afflicted, attacked, stricken, compassionate, tender, sorry, troubled, distressed.

    Antonyms indifferent*, unmoved, untouched.

  2. Full of affectation

    insincere, pretentious, pedantic, melodramatic, self-conscious, starchy, stagy, unnatural, histrionic, stilted, overprecise, superficial, mannered, precious, theatrical, stiff, strained, mincing, overdone, apish, ostentatious, showy, exhibitionistic, hollow, shallow, highfalutin*, arty*, too-too*, stuck-up*, la-di-da*.

    Antonyms simple*, natural, genuine.

  3. Feigned

    simulated, imitated, faked, unnatural, counterfeited, falsified, shammed, studied, artificial, pretended, bogus, phony*, put-on*.

affected Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • limb: Relief of ' rest pain ' at night is achieved by hanging the affected limb down over the side of the bed.
  • area: Minor burns: Put the affected area under the cold tap for five minutes then apply neat Tea Tree Oil to the burn.
  • area(s: Radiotherapy Radiotherapy involves X-ray beams being directed at the affected area(s ) of the prostate to destroy the cancer cells.
  • pregnancy: Results There were 88 affected pregnancies, giving an overall risk in this population of 1 in 525, not taking age into account.
  • sibling: In general, all affected siblings will have the same form of the disease as the first affected child.
  • cattle: The disease continued, the numbers of affected cattle grew ever higher.

Modifying Another Word

  • adversely: However, not all children seem adversely affected ( see Hughes et al 2002 ).
  • badly: Remove any infected leaves and destroy badly affected plants.
  • not: Single farm payment is not affected and additional grants are available for willow planted on arable land.
  • also: There they find a garrison of troops, also affected, have murdered one another.
  • mildly: Orally Giving fluids by mouth will only help mildly affected rabbits.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: It is also for those who are close to such people, whose own lives have become affected by heavy drinking ' .
affected Quotes

Of all the affected, sapless, soulless, beginningless, endless, topless, bottomless, topsiturviest, scrannel- pipiest, tongs and boniest doggerel of sounds I ever endured the deadliest of, that eternityof nothing wasthe deadliest.

—Ruskin,John