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🎭 Not natural 🔄 Changed by something
affected

affected

3.6
Changed because of something outside
  • adjective
  • /əˈfɛktɪd/
translation icon : afectado
  • The economic downturn affected many businesses, forcing some to close.

The tranquil person is not affected by that.

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Examples

  • His mood was affected by the news of his friend's illness.

  • The community was greatly affected by the recent storm, with many homes damaged.

  • I guess I'm saying affected to a large degree.

Synonyms

deeply affected
vsaffected
5 4.3

Feeling very sad or moved by something

is influenced or changed by something without strong emotional intensity

Antonyms

stable
473 2.3

Not likely to change and stays steady over time

unaffected
3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

Compounds

deeply affected
5 4.3

Feeling very sad or moved by something

affected role
  • Specialized
9.1

A person or thing that an action happens to but does not cause

How Affected

touched
3.7
affected
3.6
changed
1.0
unaffected
3 3.9

Surface Forms

affected positive

Morphology

affected = affect (transparent) = affect + ed

A standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'affect' meaning 'to influence', so the adjectival meaning 'influenced' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word affected meaning 'influenced' comes from the old root affect, which meant 'to act on' or 'do something to'. So when you are affected by something, it has 'acted on' you and changed you.