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, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     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 (hu)
• 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 (hu), tettetett (hu), megjátszott
• Italian: lezioso (it) m, affettato (it) m
• Polish: afektowany (pl)

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, poruszony (pl)

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

• Bulgarian: престорен (bg) (prestoren), неестествен (bg) (neestestven)
• 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
• Polish: egzaltowany, pretensjonalny (pl)

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 and past participle of affect

   The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.

See also

• effected