affected
adjective
1. acted upon; influenced
Similar word(s): impressed, smitten, stricken, struck, subject, taken, affected, moved, stirred, touched
2. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
Similar word(s): agonistic, strained, artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted, constrained, forced, elocutionary, mannered, plummy, studied, unnatural
3. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
Similar word(s): affected, emotional, sick, moved, stirred, touched
Sentences with affected as an adjective:
- The affected compass was impossible to use, so we got lost.
- He spoke with an affected English accent.
- an affected equation
noun
1. Someone affected, as by a disease.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of affect
- The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.