affecting

[ uh-fek-ting ]
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adjective
  1. moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.

Origin of affecting

1
First recorded in 1555–65; affect1 + -ing2

Other 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

Words Nearby affecting

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How to use affecting in a sentence

  • In one particularly affecting monologue, AJ discusses his frustration and troubles upon returning to the US.

  • When asked about how his announcement from last November was affecting the race, Michaud seemed momentarily at a loss.

    America’s First Post-Gay Governor | David Freedlander | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • It is, however, a most serious matter as affecting the character and pecuniary value of these mines.

    Asbestos | Robert H. Jones
  • The combination pedals affecting the Great stop-knobs moved also the Pedal stop-knobs belonging to the proper group.

  • "Mr. Bills wants to know if he can come in now," came as an interruption to the scene, which was getting rather affecting.

    The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
  • There is something exceedingly affecting in the vague and shadowy prayer which she offered on this occasion.

  • I suppose the fact that we are going off this afternoon—the joy of returning to our old gay life is—is affecting us?

    First Plays | A. A. Milne

British Dictionary definitions for affecting

affecting

/ (əˈfɛktɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. evoking feelings of pity, sympathy, or pathos; moving

Derived forms of affecting

  • affectingly, adverb

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