Definition of affected

"affected" in the verb sense

1. affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch

have an effect upon

"Will the new rules affect me?"

2. affect

act physically on have an effect upon

"the medicine affects my heart rate"

3. involve, affect, regard

connect closely and often incriminatingly

"This new ruling affects your business"

4. feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble

make believe with the intent to deceive

"He feigned that he was ill"

"He shammed a headache"

5. affect, impress, move, strike

have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

"This child impressed me as unusually mature"

"This behavior struck me as odd"

"he was dumb-struck by the news"

"her comments struck a sour note"

"affected" in the adjective sense

1. affected

acted upon influenced

2. affected, unnatural

speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

3. moved, affected, stirred, touched

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

"too moved to speak"

"very touched by the stranger's kindness"

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Quotations for affected

An affected superiority spoils company. [ Proverb ]

A six-foot suckling, mincing in its gait.
Affected, peevish, prim and delicate;
Fearful it seemed, tho' of athletic make,
Lest brutal breezes should so roughly shake
Its tender form, and savage motion spread
O'er its pale cheeks, the horrid manly red. [ Churchill ]

Alexander was below a man, when he affected to be a god. [ Proverb ]

We perceive and are affected by changes too subtle to be described. [ Thoreau ]

Every style formed elaborately on any model must be affected and straight-laced. [ Whipple ]

Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone than by unexpected words. [ George Eliot ]

It is better to be affected with a true penitent sorrow for sin than to be able to resolve the most difficult cases about it. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Simple nature, however defective, is better than the least objectionable affectation; and, defects for defects, those which are natural are more bearable than affected virtues. [ Saint-Evremond ]

A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power. [ Boileau ]

The curse and peril of language in our day, and particularly in this country, is that it is at the mercy of men who, instead of being content to use it well according to their honest ignorance, use it ill according to their affected knowledge. [ Richard Grant White ]

It is a folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph. [ Addison ]

affected in Scrabble®

The word affected is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters affected:

AFFECTED
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

effaced, faceted

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word affected

AFFECTED
(180)
AFFECTED
(162)
AFFECTED
(120)
AFFECTED
(108)
AFFECTED
(68)
AFFECTED
(68)
AFFECTED
(63)
AFFECTED
(63)
AFFECTED
(57)
AFFECTED
(54)
AFFECTED
(54)
AFFECTED
(54)
AFFECTED
(50)
AFFECTED
(46)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECTED
(42)
AFFECTED
(42)
AFFECTED
(42)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECTED
(27)
AFFECTED
(27)
AFFECTED
(25)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(23)
AFFECTED
(23)
AFFECTED
(22)
AFFECTED
(22)
AFFECTED
(22)
AFFECTED
(19)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In affected

AFFECTED
(180)
AFFECTED
(162)
AFFECTED
(120)
EFFACED
(114 = 64 + 50)
EFFACED
(110 = 60 + 50)
EFFACED
(110 = 60 + 50)
AFFECTED
(108)
EFFACED
(107 = 57 + 50)
EFFACED
(104 = 54 + 50)
FACETED
(102 = 52 + 50)
FACETED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EFFACED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EFFACED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EFFACED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EFFACED
(101 = 51 + 50)
EFFACED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EFFACED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EFFACED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FACETED
(98 = 48 + 50)
FACETED
(95 = 45 + 50)
EFFACED
(94 = 44 + 50)
FACETED
(92 = 42 + 50)
FACETED
(92 = 42 + 50)
EFFACED
(92 = 42 + 50)
FACETED
(92 = 42 + 50)
FACETED
(92 = 42 + 50)
EFFACED
(92 = 42 + 50)
FACETED
(92 = 42 + 50)
EFFACED
(90 = 40 + 50)
EFFACED
(90 = 40 + 50)
FACETED
(90 = 40 + 50)
FACETED
(89 = 39 + 50)
EFFACED
(88 = 38 + 50)
FACETED
(88 = 38 + 50)
EFFACED
(86 = 36 + 50)
EFFACED
(86 = 36 + 50)
EFFACED
(86 = 36 + 50)
EFFACED
(84 = 34 + 50)
EFFACED
(84 = 34 + 50)
EFFACED
(84 = 34 + 50)
FACETED
(84 = 34 + 50)
FACETED
(84 = 34 + 50)
EFFACED
(82 = 32 + 50)
EFFACED
(82 = 32 + 50)
EFFACED
(82 = 32 + 50)
EFFACED
(82 = 32 + 50)
FACETED
(82 = 32 + 50)
EFFACED
(82 = 32 + 50)
FACETED
(82 = 32 + 50)
FACETED
(80 = 30 + 50)
FACETED
(80 = 30 + 50)
FACETED
(80 = 30 + 50)
FACETED
(80 = 30 + 50)
FACETED
(80 = 30 + 50)
EFFACED
(78 = 28 + 50)
FACETED
(78 = 28 + 50)
FACETED
(78 = 28 + 50)
FACETED
(78 = 28 + 50)
FACETED
(76 = 26 + 50)
FACETED
(76 = 26 + 50)
FACETED
(76 = 26 + 50)
FACETED
(76 = 26 + 50)
EFFACED
(76 = 26 + 50)
FACETED
(76 = 26 + 50)
EFFACED
(74 = 24 + 50)
FACETED
(73 = 23 + 50)
EFFACED
(73 = 23 + 50)
EFFACED
(73 = 23 + 50)
FACETED
(73 = 23 + 50)
EFFACED
(72 = 22 + 50)
FACETED
(72 = 22 + 50)
EFFACED
(72 = 22 + 50)
EFFACED
(71 = 21 + 50)
EFFACED
(71 = 21 + 50)
FACETED
(70 = 20 + 50)
EFFACED
(70 = 20 + 50)
FACETED
(68 = 18 + 50)
AFFECTED
(68)
EFFACED
(68 = 18 + 50)
EFFACED
(68 = 18 + 50)
AFFECTED
(68)
FACETED
(68 = 18 + 50)
FACETED
(67 = 17 + 50)
FACETED
(67 = 17 + 50)
EFFACED
(67 = 17 + 50)
FACETED
(65 = 15 + 50)
FACETED
(65 = 15 + 50)
FACETED
(65 = 15 + 50)
FACETED
(65 = 15 + 50)
FACETED
(64 = 14 + 50)
AFFECTED
(63)
AFFECTED
(63)
AFFECTED
(57)
AFFECTED
(54)
EFFACE
(54)
AFFECT
(54)
AFFECTED
(54)
AFFECT
(54)
EFFECT
(54)
AFFECTED
(54)
EFFECT
(54)
EFFACE
(54)
AFFECT
(51)
EFFECT
(51)
EFFACE
(51)
AFFECTED
(50)
DEFACE
(48)
DEFECT
(48)
AFFECTED
(46)
AFFECT
(45)
DECAF
(45)
EFFECT
(45)
EFFECT
(45)
EFFACE
(45)
EFFACE
(45)
EFFACE
(45)
AFFECT
(45)
EFFECT
(45)
AFFECT
(45)
DEFACE
(45)
DEFECT
(45)
FACED
(45)
EFFACE
(44)
AFFECTED
(44)
EFFECT
(44)
AFFECT
(44)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECT
(42)
AFFECT
(42)
FACET
(42)
DEFACE
(42)
AFFECTED
(42)
EFFECT
(42)
EFFACE
(42)
AFFECTED
(42)
DEFECT
(42)
AFFECTED
(42)
EFFACE
(42)
DEFEAT
(42)
EFFECT
(42)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECT
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
EFFECT
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
EFFACE
(40)
DEFACE
(39)
FACED
(39)
DEFACE
(39)
DEFACE
(39)
FATED
(39)
FACT
(39)
DECAF
(39)
DEFECT
(39)
FACE
(39)
DEFECT
(39)
DEFECT
(39)
AFFECTED
(38)
DECAF
(38)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(38)
FACED
(38)
AFFECTED
(36)
EFFACE
(36)
FADE
(36)
DEFACE
(36)
DEFACE
(36)
DEFECT
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
FEED
(36)
AFFECT
(36)
DEFECT
(36)
FACET
(36)
FACED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
FACED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
DEFEAT
(36)
DECAF
(36)
DEFECT
(36)
DECAF
(36)
DEAF
(36)
EFFECT
(36)
CAFE
(36)
DEFACE
(36)
AFFECTED
(34)
EFFECT
(34)
EFFACE
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECT
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
AFFECTED
(34)
FATED
(34)
DEFEAT
(33)
FACED
(33)
DEFEAT
(33)
DECAF
(33)
DEFEAT
(33)
DECAF
(33)

affected in Words With Friends™

The word affected is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters affected:

AFFECTED
(156)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

effaced, faceted

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word affected

AFFECTED
(156)
AFFECTED
(120)
AFFECTED
(102)
AFFECTED
(84)
AFFECTED
(84)
AFFECTED
(84)
AFFECTED
(80)
AFFECTED
(78)
AFFECTED
(76)
AFFECTED
(72)
AFFECTED
(72)
AFFECTED
(72)
AFFECTED
(66)
AFFECTED
(60)
AFFECTED
(52)
AFFECTED
(52)
AFFECTED
(52)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECTED
(44)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(40)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(38)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(36)
AFFECTED
(28)
AFFECTED
(28)
AFFECTED
(28)
AFFECTED
(26)
AFFECTED
(26)
AFFECTED
(25)
AFFECTED
(25)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(24)
AFFECTED
(23)
AFFECTED
(23)
AFFECTED
(23)
AFFECTED
(22)
AFFECTED
(22)
AFFECTED
(20)
AFFECTED
(20)
AFFECTED
(20)
AFFECTED
(20)
AFFECTED
(19)
AFFECTED
(19)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In affected

AFFECTED
(156)
FACETED
(125 = 90 + 35)
EFFACED
(122 = 87 + 35)
AFFECTED
(120)
EFFACED
(116 = 81 + 35)
EFFACED
(116 = 81 + 35)
EFFACED
(110 = 75 + 35)
EFFACED
(103 = 68 + 35)
EFFACED
(103 = 68 + 35)
EFFACED
(103 = 68 + 35)
AFFECTED
(102)
FACETED
(101 = 66 + 35)
EFFACED
(98 = 63 + 35)
EFFACED
(98 = 63 + 35)
FACETED
(95 = 60 + 35)
EFFACED
(92 = 57 + 35)
EFFACED
(92 = 57 + 35)
EFFACED
(92 = 57 + 35)
EFFACED
(92 = 57 + 35)
FACETED
(91 = 56 + 35)
FACETED
(91 = 56 + 35)
FACETED
(91 = 56 + 35)
FACETED
(89 = 54 + 35)
FACETED
(89 = 54 + 35)
FACETED
(89 = 54 + 35)
EFFACED
(85 = 50 + 35)
EFFACED
(85 = 50 + 35)
EFFACED
(85 = 50 + 35)
AFFECTED
(84)
AFFECTED
(84)
AFFECTED
(84)
FACETED
(83 = 48 + 35)
FACETED
(83 = 48 + 35)
FACETED
(83 = 48 + 35)
FACETED
(83 = 48 + 35)
AFFECTED
(80)
FACETED
(79 = 44 + 35)
FACETED
(79 = 44 + 35)
AFFECTED
(78)
EFFACED
(77 = 42 + 35)
EFFACED
(77 = 42 + 35)
EFFACED
(77 = 42 + 35)
EFFACED
(77 = 42 + 35)
AFFECTED
(76)
EFFACE
(75)
EFFECT
(75)
DEFACE
(75)
AFFECT
(75)
DEFECT
(75)
EFFACED
(73 = 38 + 35)
EFFACED
(73 = 38 + 35)
EFFACED
(73 = 38 + 35)
AFFECTED
(72)
AFFECTED
(72)
AFFECTED
(72)
FACETED
(71 = 36 + 35)
EFFACED
(71 = 36 + 35)
FACETED
(71 = 36 + 35)
FACETED
(71 = 36 + 35)
EFFACED
(71 = 36 + 35)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFECT
(69)
EFFACE
(69)
AFFECT
(69)
EFFACE
(69)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFACE
(69)
EFFECT
(69)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
AFFECT
(69)
AFFECT
(69)
EFFECT
(69)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFACED
(69 = 34 + 35)
EFFACED
(68 = 33 + 35)
FACETED
(67 = 32 + 35)
FACETED
(67 = 32 + 35)
FACETED
(67 = 32 + 35)
FACETED
(67 = 32 + 35)
AFFECTED
(66)
DEFEAT
(66)
FACETED
(65 = 30 + 35)
FACETED
(65 = 30 + 35)
FACETED
(65 = 30 + 35)
EFFACED
(64 = 29 + 35)
DEFECT
(63)
DEFACE
(63)
DEFACE
(63)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
DEFECT
(63)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
FACETED
(63 = 28 + 35)
EFFACED
(62 = 27 + 35)
EFFACED
(62 = 27 + 35)
FACETED
(61 = 26 + 35)
AFFECT
(60)
AFFECT
(60)
EFFACED
(60 = 25 + 35)
FACED
(60)
EFFACED
(60 = 25 + 35)
EFFECT
(60)
AFFECTED
(60)
EFFACE
(60)
EFFECT
(60)
EFFACED
(60 = 25 + 35)
EFFACE
(60)
DECAF
(60)
EFFACED
(59 = 24 + 35)
FACETED
(59 = 24 + 35)
EFFACED
(59 = 24 + 35)
FACETED
(59 = 24 + 35)
FACETED
(59 = 24 + 35)
EFFACED
(58 = 23 + 35)
EFFACED
(58 = 23 + 35)
FACETED
(58 = 23 + 35)
FACET
(57)
FACETED
(57 = 22 + 35)
EFFACED
(57 = 22 + 35)
EFFACED
(57 = 22 + 35)
AFFECT
(57)
EFFACE
(57)
EFFECT
(57)
EFFACED
(57 = 22 + 35)
EFFACED
(57 = 22 + 35)
EFFACED
(56 = 21 + 35)
FACETED
(56 = 21 + 35)
EFFACED
(56 = 21 + 35)
EFFACED
(56 = 21 + 35)
EFFACED
(55 = 20 + 35)
FACETED
(55 = 20 + 35)
EFFACED
(55 = 20 + 35)
FACETED
(55 = 20 + 35)
EFFACED
(54 = 19 + 35)
FACE
(54)
FACETED
(54 = 19 + 35)
FACT
(54)
FACETED
(54 = 19 + 35)
FACETED
(54 = 19 + 35)
DEFEAT
(54)
CAFE
(54)
EFFACED
(54 = 19 + 35)
FACETED
(54 = 19 + 35)
EFFACED
(54 = 19 + 35)
EFFACED
(53 = 18 + 35)
FACETED
(53 = 18 + 35)
FACETED
(53 = 18 + 35)
EFFACED
(53 = 18 + 35)
EFFACED
(52 = 17 + 35)
AFFECTED
(52)
AFFECTED
(52)
DEFECT
(52)
AFFECTED
(52)
DEFECT
(52)
DEFACE
(52)
DEFACE
(52)
FACETED
(52 = 17 + 35)
CADET
(51)
AFFECT
(51)
AFFECT
(51)
EFFACE
(51)
EFFECT
(51)
EFFACE
(51)
DEFECT
(51)
AFFECT
(51)
DEFECT
(51)
EFFACE
(51)
FACETED
(51 = 16 + 35)
FACETED
(51 = 16 + 35)
EFFECT
(51)
DEFACE
(51)
EFFECT
(51)
ACTED
(51)
DEFACE
(51)
FACETED
(51 = 16 + 35)
FACETED
(51 = 16 + 35)
FATED
(51)
FACETED
(51 = 16 + 35)
FACETED
(50 = 15 + 35)
FACETED
(50 = 15 + 35)
FACETED
(50 = 15 + 35)
FACETED
(50 = 15 + 35)
FACETED
(49 = 14 + 35)
DECAF
(48)
FADE
(48)
DEAF
(48)
FEED
(48)
FACED
(48)
FACED
(48)
CEDE
(48)
DECAF
(48)
AFFECT
(46)
EFFECT
(46)
EFFECT
(46)
EFFACE
(46)

Words within the letters of affected

2 letter words in affected (5 words)

3 letter words in affected (18 words)

5 letter words in affected (7 words)

6 letter words in affected (6 words)

7 letter words in affected (2 words)

8 letter words in affected (1 word)

affected + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence affected

Words that start with affected (3 words)

Words that end with affected (4 words)

Word Growth involving affected

Shorter words in affected

affect

Longer words containing affected

affectedly disaffectedly

affectedly unaffectedly

affectedness disaffectedness

affectedness unaffectedness

disaffected disaffectedly

disaffected disaffectedness

overaffected

unaffected unaffectedly

unaffected unaffectedness