affect | | |
n. (feeling) | 1. affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion. |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
v. (change) | 2. affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ strike a blow | affect adversely.; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws" |
| ~ repercuss | cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect. |
| ~ tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody.; "Each step told on his tired legs" |
| ~ redound | have an effect for good or ill.; "Her efforts will redound to the general good" |
| ~ stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant.; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| ~ hydrolise, hydrolize | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis. |
| ~ tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling.; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" |
| ~ endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. |
| ~ hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| ~ slam-dunk | make a forceful move against.; "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies" |
v. (body) | 3. affect | act physically on; have an effect upon.; "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
| ~ attack | begin to injure.; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" |
| ~ ulcerate | affect with an ulcer.; "Her stomach was ulcerated" |
| ~ sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm | cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to.; "The patient must be sedated before the operation" |
| ~ energize, energise, perk up, arouse, brace, stimulate | cause to be alert and energetic.; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
| ~ tense up, tense, strain | cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious.; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" |
| ~ make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, relax, unwind, loosen up | cause to feel relaxed.; "A hot bath always relaxes me" |
| ~ cramp | affect with or as if with a cramp. |
| ~ jaundice | affect with, or as if with, jaundice. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ register | enter into someone's consciousness.; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?" |
| ~ inebriate, intoxicate, soak | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks). |
v. (stative) | 4. affect, involve, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ bear on, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, come to, refer, relate, touch on, touch | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ implicate | bring into intimate and incriminating connection.; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" |
v. (communication) | 5. affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham | make believe with the intent to deceive.; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
| ~ misrepresent, belie | represent falsely.; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" |
| ~ make believe, pretend, make | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.; "She makes like an actress" |
| ~ play possum | to pretend to be dead. |
| ~ take a dive | pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer. |
| ~ bullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" |
| ~ mouth | articulate silently; form words with the lips only.; "She mouthed a swear word" |
v. (emotion) | 6. affect, impress, move, strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ infect | affect in a contagious way.; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
| ~ surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| ~ ingrain, impress, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ awaken | make aware.; "They were awakened to the sad facts" |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ engrave | impress or affect deeply.; "The event engraved itself into her memory" |
| ~ strike dumb | render speechless, as by surprising or shocking.; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" |
| ~ zap | strike suddenly and with force.; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" |
| ~ jar | affect in a disagreeable way.; "This play jarred the audience" |
| ~ hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord | refer to or be relevant or familiar to.; "I hope this message hits home!" |
| ~ smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling.; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" |
| ~ cloud | make gloomy or depressed.; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
| ~ pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress | impress positively.; "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
| ~ sweep off, sweep away | overwhelm emotionally.; "Her swept her away" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ touch, stir | affect emotionally.; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" |
| ~ move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ sadden | make unhappy.; "The news of her death saddened me" |
| ~ alienate | make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.; "the boring work alienated his employees" |
| ~ come to, hit, strike | cause to experience suddenly.; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" |
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