Synonyms:
affect
Meaning: the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch
Meaning: have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
Synonyms:
affect
Meaning: act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
Synonyms:
involve, affect, regard
Meaning: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
Synonyms:
feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
Meaning: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Usage examples
How does this misfortune affect you?
I don't think it will affect me much."
These alarms and the exposure had begun to affect the old man.
"Besides," said Miss Winwood, "let us hope it won't affect votes.
It was like something from a play, too unreal to affect his life.
How do circumstances affect the kind of act that will be successful?
The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me.
It required extraordinary barbarity on the part of an overseer to affect him.
"The richness of the ore and its purity of course affect the limestone consumption.
Let us begin therefore, by laying aside facts, for they do not affect the question.