Noun

• S: (n) affect (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)

Verb

• S: (v) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch (have an effect upon) "Will the new rules affect me?"
• S: (v) affect (act physically on; have an effect upon) "the medicine affects my heart rate"
• S: (v) involve, affect, regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly) "This new ruling affects your business"
• S: (v) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble (make believe with the intent to deceive) "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
• S: (v) affect, impress, move, strike (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon) "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"; "he was dumb-struck by the news"; "her comments struck a sour note"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) infect (affect in a contagious way) "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"
• S: (v) surprise (cause to be surprised) "The news really surprised me"
• S: (v) impress, ingrain, instill (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of) "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us"
• S: (v) awaken (make aware) "They were awakened to the sad facts"
• S: (v) engrave (impress or affect deeply) "The event engraved itself into her memory"
• S: (v) strike dumb (render speechless, as by surprising or shocking) "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement"
• S: (v) zap (strike suddenly and with force) "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"
• S: (v) jar (affect in a disagreeable way) "This play jarred the audience"
• S: (v) hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note (refer to or be relevant or familiar to) "I hope this message hits home!"
• S: (v) smite (affect suddenly with deep feeling) "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
• S: (v) cloud (make gloomy or depressed) "Their faces were clouded with sadness"
• S: (v) pierce (move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply) "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students"
• S: (v) impress (impress positively) "The young chess player impressed her audience"
• S: (v) sweep away, sweep off (overwhelm emotionally) "Her swept her away"
• S: (v) disturb, upset, trouble (move deeply) "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
• S: (v) touch, stir (affect emotionally) "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
• S: (v) move (arouse sympathy or compassion in) "Her fate moved us all"
• S: (v) sadden (make unhappy) "The news of her death saddened me"
• S: (v) alienate (make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated) "the boring work alienated his employees"
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• cause
• derivationally related form
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