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

While cannabis legalizes and becomes more accessible, weed is disrupting the hold that alcohol has on altered states. —Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

Coach Matt Rhule doesn’t have to love the altered state of college football. —Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

Diplo didn’t hold back about his altered state of mind on New Year’s Eve. —Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 1 Jan. 2025

Edibles generally are felt within an hour or so, and tend to induce altered states that last longer. —Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alter

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1