English > affect: 6 senses > verb 1, changeMeaning | Have an effect upon. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Example | "Will the new rules affect me?" |
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Synonyms | impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch |
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Narrower | hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely |
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hydrolize, hydrolise | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis |
influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition |
queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position |
redound | Have an effect for good or ill |
repercuss | Cause repercussions |
slam-dunk | make a forceful move against |
stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
strike a blow | affect adversely |
subject | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |
tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody |
tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling |
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother | To cause inconvenience or discomfort to |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Spanish | afectar, conmover, impactar, repercutir, tocar |
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Catalan | afectar, commoure, impactar, repercutir |
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English > affect: 6 senses > verb 2, bodyMeaning | act physically on; have an effect upon. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Example | "the medicine affects my heart rate" |
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Narrower | attack | Begin to injure / injure |
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cramp | Affect with or as if with a cramp |
intoxicate, soak, inebriate | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) |
jaundice | affect with, or as if with, jaundice |
register | Enter into someone's consciousness |
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed | Cause to feel relaxed |
sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise | Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to |
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | Cause to be alert and energetic |
tense, strain, tense up | Cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious |
ulcerate | affect with an ulcer |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Spanish | afectar |
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Catalan | afectar |
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English > affect: 6 senses > verb 4, communicationMeaning | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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Synonyms | feign, sham, pretend, dissemble |
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Narrower | mouth | articulate silently |
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play possum | To pretend / pretend to be dead |
take a dive | pretend / pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer |
talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake | Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths |
Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
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Similar to | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
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Spanish | afectar, aparentar, fingir, pretender, simular |
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Catalan | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular |
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English > affect: 6 senses > verb 5, emotionMeaning | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The bad news will affect him; The good news will affect her |
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Synonyms | impress, move, strike |
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Cause to | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
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Narrower | alienate | Make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated |
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awaken | make aware / aware |
cloud | make gloomy or depressed |
disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
engrave | impress or affect deeply |
hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note | refer to or be relevant or familiar / familiar to |
impress, ingrain, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of |
impress | impress positively |
infect | affect in a contagious way |
jar | affect in a disagreeable way |
move | Arouse sympathy or compassion in |
pierce | Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply |
sadden | make unhappy |
smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling |
strike dumb | Render speechless, as by surprising or shocking |
surprise | Cause to be surprised |
sweep away, sweep off | overwhelm emotionally |
touch, stir | affect emotionally |
zap | strike suddenly and with force |
Similar to | hit, strike, come to | Cause to experience suddenly |
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motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite | Give an incentive for action / action |
Spanish | afectar, conmover, impresionar, repercutir |
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Catalan | afectar, repercutir |
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Adjectives | affective | characterized by emotion |
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Nouns | affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
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