affect
/ˈæ.fɛkt/ noun C2- A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus.
- Mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
Plural affects
From the library
I do assure you that the news does not affect me either with pleasure or pain.
We will suppose that a minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question; he could get his separate advices from various departments upon each, but only Mycroft can focus them all, and say offhand how each factor would affect the other.
The points would affect no object inside the train.
His fortune was a considerable one, and such a loss could not in any way affect him.
Other matches
Learn affect in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.