altered

adjective

al·​tered ˈȯl-tərd 

1

: made different in some way

… she addressed me again, speaking in very altered tones; so altered, that I hardly recognised them as hers.

—Wilkie Collins

… no great change had taken place inside him, but his exterior was visibly altered.

—Booth Tarkington

2

: castrated sense 1a

I've noticed that my altered cats and my older cats have more dandruff than the unaltered and younger ones.

—Susie Page

Examples of altered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The altered image comes from one taken as Walz and Harris walked onstage at an August 2024 campaign rally in Philadelphia. —Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025

But releases must go on, albeit with occasionally altered circumstances. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025

Woods was asked about discrepancies in her work, including a time she was placed on leave in 2018 over concerns of manipulated or altered data, the affidavit said. —Doha Madani, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2025

False information on food allergies could have deadly consequences, but it is believed all of the altered menus were isolated before being shipped to restaurants. —Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alter

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1