English > affect: 6 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | 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, body| Meaning | 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, communication| Meaning | 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, emotion| Meaning | 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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