affected

affected

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɛktɪd/

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• Hyphenation: af‧fect‧ed

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.

3. Emotionally moved; touched.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:

     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.

4. (algebra, archaic) adfected.

   an affected equation

5. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
6. artificial, stilted

Derived terms

• affected equation
• ill-affected

 

Translations

influenced or changed by something

Danish: påvirket Dutch: beïnvloed (nl), getroffen (nl) German: betroffen (de), beeinflusst (de), beeinträchtigt (de), tangiert (de), angegriffen (de), affiziert (de), gesinnt (de) Hungarian: érintett (hu), befolyásolt Italian: impattato (it) Polish: dotknięty Turkish: etkilenen, etkilenmiş

simulated in order to impress

Czech: afektovaný Danish: krukket, affekteret Esperanto: afekta, afektita Finnish: teennäinen (fi), teeskennelty (fi) German: affektiert (de), simuliert (de), vorgegeben (de), vorgespielt (de), vorgespiegelt (de), erheuchelt (de) Hungarian: színlelt, tettetett (hu), megjátszott Italian: lezioso (it) m, affettato (it) m

emotionally moved, touched

Danish: berørt, rørt Dutch: geëmotioneerd (nl), ontdaan (nl), geraakt (nl) Esperanto: afekciita Finnish: liikuttunut German: betroffen (de), beeindruckt (de), angesprochen (de), getroffen (de), leidenschaftlich (de), bewegt (de) Hungarian: meghatott (hu), elérzékenyült Italian: colpito (it) m Polish: dotknięty

adfected — see adfected

resulting from a mostly negative physical effect

Dutch: getroffen (nl) French: affecté (fr) German: angegriffen (de), in Mitleidenschaft gezogen, beschwert (de) Italian: colpito (it), afflitto (it) m Portuguese: afetado (pt) Spanish: afectado (es), aquejado (es)

artificial, stilted

Finnish: teennäinen (fi) German: affektiert (de), gekünstelt (de), vorgespielt (de), vorgespiegelt (de), geziert (de), blasiert (de), manieriert (de) Hungarian: mesterkélt (hu), modoros (hu), affektáló (hu) Italian: manierato (it) m, affettato (it) m, lezioso (it) m Latin: vultuōsus

See also

• affectation

Noun

affected (plural affecteds)

1. Someone affected, as by a disease.
   • 1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine (page 306)

     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 […] .

Verb

affected

1. simple past tense and past participle of affect

   The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

See also

• effected