influenced 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of influencednext
as in swayed

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influenced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of influence
as in affected
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the news reports of the devastating flood influenced a great many people to make contributions for food and supplies

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  1. affected
  2. distorted
  3. warped
Verb
  • Photos from space show the extent of the damage and the areas affected.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Through Pansy, Leigh examines our quality of life — the daily activities affected by complications that are social as well as personal.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of affected
Adjective
  • Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The clip, with its booming, distorted bass, went viral and quickly racked up almost 9 million uses on the platform.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of distorted
Adjective
  • But these warped stories conveyed the impression that southern slavery was a humane system of human relations year round.
    Robert E. May / Made by History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This Hubble image features Arp 122, a galaxy that actually comprises two vast galaxies colliding with each other—NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy at left, and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral galaxy at right.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of warped
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