affected

adj, noun — 6 senses

affected

adj

/əˈfɛktɪd/

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.
The affected articulation of his opinions made it challenging to discern his true stance.

1 more example

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:

3

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:

4

Algebra, Mathematics, Sciences Archaic adfected.

an affected equation

5

Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

Derived terms: affected equation, affectedly, affectedness, gender-affected, ill-affected, inaffected, misaffected, nonaffected, transmisogyny-affected, unaffected
Related terms: affectation

affected

noun

1

Someone affected, as by a disease.

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 […].1979, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, page 306:

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