- adjectiveaffecting (adjective)
- touching the emotions; moving:"a highly affecting account of her experiences in prison"
verbaffecting (present participle)- have an effect on; make a difference to:"the dampness began to affect my health" · "your attitude will affect how successful you are"
- touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally:"the atrocities he witnessed have affected him most deeply"
- (of an illness or medical condition) infect or be present in (someone):"people who are affected by AIDS" · "individuals affected with this disorder present with recurrent infections"
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘attack as a disease’): from French affecter or Latin affect- ‘influenced, affected’, from the verb afficere (see affect).verbaffecting (present participle)- pretend to have or feel (something):"as usual I affected a supreme unconcern" · "a book that affects to loathe the modern world"
- use, wear, or assume (something) pretentiously or so as to make an impression on others:"an American who had affected a British accent"
Originlate Middle English: from French affecter or Latin affectare ‘aim at’, frequentative of afficere ‘work on, influence’, from ad- ‘at, to’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘like, love’, hence ‘(like to) use, assume, etc.’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- have an effect on; make a difference to:
- touch the feelings of (someone); move emotionally:
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- Affecting means1234:
- To have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change.
- Causing a strong emotion, especially sadness.
- Evoking feelings of pity, sympathy, or pathos; moving.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something:dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/affectaffecting adjective formal uk / əˈfek.tɪŋ / us / əˈfek.tɪŋ / Add to word list Add to word list causing a strong emotion, especially sadness: It was an affecting sight.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/affectingAffect is both a noun and a verb, but the verb is far more common; it means "to act on or change someone or something," as in "The change will affect everyone."www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affectmoving or exciting the feelings or emotions. Synonyms: stirring, piteous, pathetic, touching affecting / əˈfɛktɪŋ / adjective evoking feelings of pity, sympathy, or pathos; movingwww.dictionary.com/browse/affecting Explore further
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