affected en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈfɛktɪd/
- (US) audio
Meanings
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Influenced or changed by something.
The affected products had to be recalled.
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Simulated in order to impress.
He drove over last Saturday with this English babe that’s in this new picture he’s writing. She was pretty affected, but very good-looking.
1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 26, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:He spoke with an affected English accent.
The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.
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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:
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(archaic) adfected.
an affected equation
- Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most affected | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more affected | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unaffected · transmisogyny-affected · misaffected · affectedness · affected equation · inaffected · ill-affected · affectedly · gender-affected · nonaffected
Relateds
Synonyms
effete · smug · overrefined · pretentious · Woosterian · theatrical · stilted · pretentious · hoity-toity · stilted · stagy · artificial · insincere · recherché · precious · fey · affected · pansified · mannered · stagy
Translations (98)
es afectado (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · it afflitto (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · bg престорен (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · it lezioso (simulated in order to impress) · hu modoros (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · fi teeskennelty (simulated in order to impress) · fi teennäinen (simulated in order to impress) · de in Mitleidenschaft gezogen (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · hu befolyásolt (influenced or changed by something) · de leidenschaftlich (emotionally moved, touched) · it affettato (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · pl egzaltowany (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · eo afekta (simulated in order to impress) · cs afektovaný (simulated in order to impress) · de affiziert (influenced or changed by something) · de beschwert (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · bg неестествен (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · da påvirket (influenced or changed by something) · hu érintett (influenced or changed by something) · tr etkilenen (influenced or changed by something) · de bewegt (emotionally moved, touched) · it manierato (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de blasiert (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · hu tettetett (simulated in order to impress) · es melindroso (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de betroffen (influenced or changed by something) · de geziert (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · hu megjátszott (simulated in order to impress) · da rørt (emotionally moved, touched) · ru показно́й (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de tangiert (influenced or changed by something) · nl getroffen (influenced or changed by something) · ru вы́чурный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de vorgespielt (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · da affekteret (simulated in order to impress) · es aquejado (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · da krukket (simulated in order to impress) · ru ненатура́льный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · fr affecté (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · la vultuōsus (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · ru жема́нный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · eo afekciita (emotionally moved, touched) · es remilgado (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · nl beïnvloed (influenced or changed by something) · nl geraakt (emotionally moved, touched) · it impattato (influenced or changed by something) · pl afektowany (simulated in order to impress) · ru неесте́ственный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · ru наи́гранный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de angegriffen (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · pl pretensjonalny (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de getroffen (emotionally moved, touched) · es amanerado (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · nl getroffen (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · pt afetado (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · fi liikuttunut (emotionally moved, touched) · da berørt (emotionally moved, touched) · it colpito (emotionally moved, touched) · ru напускно́й (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de affektiert (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de vorgespiegelt (simulated in order to impress) · de angesprochen (emotionally moved, touched) · de simuliert (simulated in order to impress) · de beeindruckt (emotionally moved, touched) · fi teennäinen (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · it colpito (resulting from a mostly negative physical effect) · de angegriffen (influenced or changed by something) · pl poruszony (emotionally moved, touched) · hu meghatott (emotionally moved, touched) · hu affektáló (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · it affettato (simulated in order to impress) · de gekünstelt (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · ru ло́жный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · eo afektita (simulated in order to impress) · tr etkilenmiş (influenced or changed by something) · de affektiert (simulated in order to impress) · de erheuchelt (simulated in order to impress) · de betroffen (emotionally moved, touched) · de vorgegeben (simulated in order to impress) · de vorgespiegelt (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · nl ontdaan (emotionally moved, touched) · ru притво́рный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · pl dotknięty (influenced or changed by something) · pl dotknięty (emotionally moved, touched) · de gesinnt (influenced or changed by something) · de beeinträchtigt (influenced or changed by something) · ru нарочи́тый (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de vorgespielt (simulated in order to impress) · hu mesterkélt (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · it lezioso (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · es esquilimoso (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · hu elérzékenyült (emotionally moved, touched) · hu színlelt (simulated in order to impress) · ru мане́рный (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de beeinflusst (influenced or changed by something) · ru неи́скренний (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · de manieriert (behaving or speaking in an artificial or insincere manner) · nl geëmotioneerd (emotionally moved, touched)