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affected > 3 senses
ADJECTIVE1affectedActed upon
2affected, unnaturalSpeaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
3affected, stirred, touchedEmotionally affected
affected > pronunciation
Soundsahfeh'ktahd; ahfeh'ktihd
Rhymesabbreviated, accepted, acid, and 390 more rhymes in ahd at the HyperDic website...
abbreviated, abducted, abstracted, and 667 more rhymes in ihd at the HyperDic website...
affected > adjective 1
MeaningActed upon. Influenced.
Similarimpressed; smitten, stricken, struck; stage-struck; taken; wonder-struck
See alsomoved; unnatural
Contraryunaffected
affected > adjective 2
MeaningSpeaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
Synonymsunnatural
Attribute ofaffectedness
Similaragonistic, strained; artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted; constrained, forced, strained; elocutionary; mannered; plummy
See alsostudied, deliberate
Contraryunaffected
Adverbsaffectedly
affected > adjective 3
MeaningEmotionally affected.
Synonymsstirred, touched
Similar tomoved

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