affected

[uh-fek-tid] / əˈfɛk tɪd /

ADJECTIVE

deeply moved or hurt emotionally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afflicted concerned damaged distressed impressed overwhelmed stirred touched troubled

STRONG

altered changed compassionate excited grieved impaired influenced injured stimulated tender upset

WEAK

overwrought sorry sympathetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm collected happy sane untroubled

STRONG

hard

WEAK

unmoved unperturbed unswayed

ADJECTIVE

feigned, pretended, fake

Synonyms

STRONG

assumed contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked feigned imitated overdone pretended shallow sham simulated studied unnatural

WEAK

apish artificial awkward campy chichi conceited false fraudulent gone Hollywood hammy highfalutin hollow insincere la-di-da melodramatic ostentatious pedantic phony pompous precious pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious spurious stiff stilted superficial theatrical twee

Antonyms

STRONG

genuine natural real sincere true

WEAK

unchanged

Example Sentences

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The Los Angeles Police Department was not affected by the outage.

From Los Angeles Times

Ubisoft has not officially described the weekend's incident as a hack, but did acknowledge issues that affected the game over the weekend.

From BBC

The Governor of Oaxaca Salomón Jara Cruz expressed "deep regret" over the accident in a statement and said state authorities were coordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected.

From BBC

“If people truly understood the situation as affected parties, they would realize things are far worse,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The town centre was recently deemed to be "at risk" by Historic England due to many of those buildings being affected by "neglect, decay or inappropriate development".

From BBC

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