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[ uh-fek-ting ] / əˈfɛk tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR affecting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemoving or exciting the feelings or emotions. Origin of affectingFirst recorded in 1555–65; affect1 + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR affectingtouching, pathetic, piteous, stirring. SEE SYNONYMS FOR affecting ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM affectingaf·fect·ing·ly, adverbnon·af·fect·ing, adjectivenon·af·fect·ing·ly, adverbun·af·fect·ing, adjectiveWords nearby affectingaffaire d'honneur, affairs, affect, affectation, affected, affecting, affection, affectional, affectional orientation, affectionate, affective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for affectingGeisbert was also quick to mention how the methodology of the study could be affecting the current results. Uh Oh: Ebola Vaccine Trials Stop|Leigh Cowart|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST President Ronald Reagan took similar action, affecting about 100,000 families. Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: November 23|PunditFact.com|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Neither, too, was as chilling, as affecting, or, at times, as much of a slog. 'Mockingjay—Part 1’ Is the Most Violent ‘Hunger Games’ Yet|Kevin Fallon|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST
Asthma is one of the most common diseases among children, affecting roughly one in every eleven kids. More Germs, Less Asthma? Study Shows Babies Exposed to Bacteria and Dander at Less Risk|Brandy Zadrozny|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST The last line was sung in a very solemn and affecting monotone. Two Knapsacks|John Campbell After a quick look and smile Margaret sewed busily, affecting not to see the other. It was in vain that she turned her back upon him, and gave him curt ungracious answers, often affecting not to hear him at all. Flora Lyndsay|Susanna Moodie What peculiar conditions are there affecting women which will oblige them to accept work on lower terms than men? Problems of Poverty|John A. Hobson It is to me, now, all that my fancy hoped to find it—its temples and columns just enough in ruin to be affecting and beautiful. Pencillings by the Way|N. Parker Willis
British Dictionary definitions for affecting
adjectiveevoking feelings of pity, sympathy, or pathos; moving Derived forms of affectingaffectingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to affectingpoignant, touching, stirring |