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

More details -- including an altered timeline -- are emerging as officials continue to investigate the tragic deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, who were both found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home in February. —Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025

The iPhone 17 Air blank does suggest another altered area of the design, with the selfie camera and forward-facing sensors flipped around. —Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025

Astronauts and scientists working in the deep sea, who experience prolonged periods of altered metabolism, have shown similar telomeric changes. —Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025

Stephanie Hanes, environment and climate writer Recommended After wild six weeks, Trump tells Congress ‘We are just getting started’ In Michigan and beyond, an altered politics For many Michigan voters, the garden centers were the final straw. —Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alter

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for altered

• unaltered
• faltered