Meaning of AFFECTING
| Pronunciation: | | u'fekting
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| | Definition: | | [adj] arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" |
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| | Synonyms: | | moving, poignant, touching |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Af*fect"ing\, a.
1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions;
pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting
sight.
The most affecting music is generally the most
simple. --Mitford.
2. Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
A drawling; affecting rouge. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | afflictive, bitter, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, deplorable, depressing, depressive, discomforting, dismal, dismaying, distressful, distressing, disturbing, doleful, dolorific, dolorogenic, dolorous, dreary, emotive, grievous, heartrending, impressive, joyless, lamentable, mournful, moving, painful, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regrettable, rueful, sad, saddening, sharp, sore, sorrowful, touching, troubling, uncomfortable, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
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