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

Search engines, screen readers, copy/paste tools, and translation software can all get tripped up by the altered HTML, making the page a little less useful to your intended audience. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

The altered protein must produce a fragment that can be displayed, and that fragment must be presented by a surface display protein type found in the patient. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Cyberbullying may begin with a joke, rumor or altered picture. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Together, the altered magnetite and crystalline hematite provide new evidence that water played an important role in reshaping the planet's surface. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 4 Aug. 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