affect

1. The conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion (synset 107495066)
   is a type of: feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states

1. Have an effect upon (synset 200137133)
   "Will the new rules affect me?"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • strike a blow - affect adversely
   • repercuss - cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect
   • tell on - produce an effect or strain on somebody
   • redound - have an effect for good or ill
   • excite, stimulate - act as a stimulant
   • process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
   • hydrolise, hydrolize - make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis
   • color, colour, distort, tinge - affect as in thought or feeling
   • endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   • hit, strike - affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
   • subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
   • bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble - to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   • act upon, influence, work - have and exert influence or effect
   • slam-dunk - make a forceful move against
   same as: bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
2. Act physically on;
   Have an effect upon (synset 200019441)
   "the medicine affects my heart rate"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • attack - begin to injure
   • ulcerate - affect with an ulcer
   • calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize - cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
   • arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic
   • strain, tense, tense up - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
   • loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind - cause to feel relaxed
   • cramp - affect with or as if with a cramp
   • jaundice - affect with, or as if with, jaundice
   • register - enter into someone's consciousness
   • inebriate, intoxicate, soak - make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
3. Connect closely and often incriminatingly (synset 202682907)
   "This new ruling affects your business"
   is a type of: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on - be relevant to
   subtypes: implicate - bring into intimate and incriminating connection
   same as: involve, regard
4. Make believe with the intent to deceive (synset 200839722)
   "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
   is a type of: belie, misrepresent - represent falsely
   subtypes:

   • play possum - to pretend to be dead
   • take a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer
   • bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
   • mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only
   same as: dissemble, feign, pretend, sham
   verb group: make, make believe, pretend - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
5. Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon (synset 201771801)
   "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"
   causes: experience, feel - undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
   subtypes:

   • infect - affect in a contagious way
   • surprise - cause to be surprised
   • impress, ingrain, instill - produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
   • awaken - make aware
   • engrave - impress or affect deeply
   • strike dumb - render speechless, as by surprising or shocking
   • zap - strike suddenly and with force
   • jar - affect in a disagreeable way
   • hit home, strike a chord, strike a note, strike home - refer to or be relevant or familiar to
   • smite - affect suddenly with deep feeling
   • cloud - make gloomy or depressed
   • pierce - move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply
   • impress - impress positively
   • sweep away, sweep off - overwhelm emotionally
   • disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply
   • stir, touch - affect emotionally
   • move - arouse sympathy or compassion in
   • sadden - make unhappy
   • alienate - make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
   same as: impress, move, strike
   verb group:

   • actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel - give an incentive for action
   • come to, hit, strike - cause to experience suddenly

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