affect

Definition of affect

noun:

• the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion.

verb:

• have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?". Synonyms: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on.
• act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate".
• connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business". Synonyms: involve, regard.
• make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill", "He shammed a headache". Synonyms: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham.
• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature", "This behavior struck me as odd". Synonyms: impress, move, strike.

Related words

alienate, arouse, attack, awaken, bother, brace, bull, bullshit, calm, cloud, color, colour, cramp, discommode, disoblige, distort, disturb, endanger, energise, energize, engrave, excite, expose, fake, hit, hydrolise, hydrolize, implicate, impress, incommode, inconvenience, inebriate, infect, influence, ingrain, instill, intoxicate, jar, jaundice, mouth, move, peril, pierce, process, queer, redound, register, relax, repercuss, sadden, scupper, sedate, smite, soak, stimulate, stir, strain, strike, subject, surprise, tense, tinge, touch, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, treat, trouble, ulcerate, unlax, unstrain, unwind, upset, work, zap.

Words nearby affect

effect.

Rhymes with affect

brecht, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, direct, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disrespect, dissect, effect, effect.

Start with affect

affectlessness, affectionally, affectednesses, affectedness, affectionate, affectivities, affectionless, affecter, affectionately, affectabilities, affectations, affecting, affectional, affections, affectability, affectable, affectless, affectedly, affectioned, affectation, affects, affectivity, affective, affected, affectively, affecters, affection, affectingly.

End with affect

disaffect.