affected
1 Americanadjective
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acted upon; influenced.
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influenced in a harmful way; impaired, harmed, or attacked, as by climate or disease.
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(of the mind or feelings) impressed; moved; touched.
She was deeply affected by their generosity.
adjective
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assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned.
affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
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assuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural.
Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarrassing.
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inclined or disposed.
well affected toward the speaker's cause.
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held in affection; fancied.
a novel much affected by our grandparents.
adjective
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behaving, speaking, etc, in an artificial or assumed way, esp in order to impress others
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feigned
affected indifference
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archaic inclined; disposed
adjective
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deeply moved, esp by sorrow or grief
he was greatly affected by her departure
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changed, esp detrimentally
Other Word Forms
- affectedly adverb
- affectedness noun
Etymology
Origin of affected1
First recorded in 1570–80; affect 1 + -ed 2
Origin of affected2
Example Sentences
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The UK government has previously used registration schemes to provide urgent updates to people affected by international crises - but the number of people and countries affected in this case is unprecedented.
From BBC
About 120 employees whose positions were affected have been reassigned; according to Mahajan, no one has been laid off.
From Los Angeles Times
Oil prices rose to their highest in more than a year as traders continued to fret that supplies will be badly affected by conflict in the Middle East.
From MarketWatch
The firm added that it is working quickly to restore services to the affected areas, but that it could take time ''given the nature of the physical damage involved.''
From BBC
Law firm Leigh Day, which represents 52 affected families, sent an initial legal letter to Bright Horizons in December.
From BBC
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