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Synonyms for affected
adj deeply moved or hurt emotionally

impressed
distressed
concerned
damaged
touched
troubled

overwhelmed
afflicted
injured
influenced
compassionate
altered

changed
upset
stimulated
tender
impaired
excited

overwrought
sorry
sympathetic
stirred
grieved

Antonyms for affected

collected
untroubled
OK
sane
healthy
unperturbed

unswayed
unchanged
unhurt
unimpaired
calm
happy

hard
kept
unmoved
uninjured

Synonyms
adj changed in a bad or artificial way

contrived
studied
ham
imitated
assumed
shallow
pretended
hollow
feigned
overdone
simulated

unnatural
counterfeit
sham
apish
artificial
awkward
chichi
conceited
fraud
insincere
melodramatic

ostentatious
pedantic
phony
pompous
precious
pretentious
put-on
schmaltzy
self-conscious
spurious
stiff

stilted
superficial
theatrical
counterfeited
faked
playacting
campy
false
gone Hollywood
hammy
high falutin’

Antonyms

real
sincere
unperturbed
unswayed
untroubled

OK
unchanged
unhurt
unimpaired
natural

genuine
true
calm
unmoved
uninjured

Usage Notes

Affect1 and effect, each both noun and verb, share the sense of “influence,” and because of their similarity in pronunciation are sometimes confused in writing. As a verb affect1 means “to act on” or “to move” (His words affected the crowd so deeply that many wept); affect2 means “to pretend” or “to assume” (new students affecting a nonchalance they didn’t feel). The verb effect means “to bring about, accomplish”: Her administration effected radical changes. The noun effect means “result, consequence”: the serious effects of the oil spill. The noun affect1 pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, is a technical term in psychology and psychiatry. Affect2 is not used as a noun.