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Adjective affected has 3 senses
- affected - acted upon; influenced
Antonyms: unaffected, immune, superior, unimpressed, uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched
- affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
Antonyms: unaffected, lifelike, natural, unmannered, unselfconscious, unstilted
- affected, stirred, touched - emotionally affected; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"
Antonym: unmoved (indirect, via moved)
Verb affect has 5 senses
- affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch - have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- affect - act physically on; have an effect upon
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- involve, affect, regard - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
--3 is one way to refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
--4 is one way to misrepresent, belie
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- affect, impress, move, strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
Sample sentences:
The bad news will affect him
The good news will affect her
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