affecting
moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
Origin of affecting
1Other words for affecting
Other words from affecting
- af·fect·ing·ly, adverb
- non·af·fect·ing, adjective
- non·af·fect·ing·ly, adverb
- un·af·fect·ing, adjective
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How to use affecting in a sentence
And yet, if you can hold on, Crouch will show you a clearer and more affecting portrait of Parker than you have ever seen before.
What Made Charlie Parker Great? Reviewing Stanley Crouch’s Biography on Bird | Stuart Klawans | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd while it was a point of view that might not appeal broadly, its elegance was far more affecting.
Still more affecting is the Memorial of Mrs. Easty when under sentence of death and fully aware of the hopelessness of her case.
The Salem witchcraft, The planchette mystery, and Modern spiritualism | Harriet Beecher StoweMore affecting was the feeling that there were little things going on of which he no longer heard.
Sister Carrie | Theodore DreiserNever was a more beautiful effusion of grief interrupted by a more affecting incident!
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
Can aught be more affecting than the grace that breathes in these words?
Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II | Charles Henry MackintoshI left this spectacle to see another that was more affecting.
British Dictionary definitions for affecting
/ (əˈfɛktɪŋ) /
evoking feelings of pity, sympathy, or pathos; moving
Derived forms of affecting
- affectingly, adverb
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