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 Natural Color cameras were used for the first VistaVision films, and Paramount ordered new cameras from the Mitchell Camera Corporation. —Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026

What is lost to an altered landscape Drought is an existential crisis to the Malpai way of ranching. —Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026

In some individuals, studies have observed altered immune signaling and patterns of immune activation, particularly during early development. —Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026

That could make altered images far more common. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of alter

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for altered

• unaltered
• faltered