as in emotional
having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies
the affecting final scene in the play, when the children are reunited with their father
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as in influencing
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response
their son claims that scary movies don't affect him in the least
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as in concerning
to be the business or affair of
fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast
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as in simulating
to present a false appearance of
she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard
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as in haunting
to go to or spend time in often
a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town
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Recent Examples of affecting
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
One of the most affecting posts was a picture of a small garbage bag-like plastic bag that contains a baby’s body.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Dandruff causes an itchy scalp and is sometimes considered a mild form of seborrheic dermatitis, a common skin condition mainly affecting the scalp.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
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That history is warmly acknowledged here in an affecting moment.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
One of the most affecting posts was a picture of a small garbage bag-like plastic bag that contains a baby’s body.
—Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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The Latin America portfolio is the largest at NED, and the freeze has halted all programming, affecting journalists, civic activists, and human rights defenders.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
Dandruff causes an itchy scalp and is sometimes considered a mild form of seborrheic dermatitis, a common skin condition mainly affecting the scalp.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for affecting
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Reducing Teen Obesity Through Stress-Informed Meal Design Faced with a surge in emotional eating and rising obesity rates among teens, one student tackled a deeply personal and widely neglected problem: The link between academic stress and chronic overeating.—
Karlo Tanjuakio,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Faces and words may fade, but their emotional residue frequently lingers.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
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Elliott often watches companies for many years before investing and has an extensive stable of impressive board candidates.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
19 July 2025
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, home to Walmart's headquarters and a booming tech scene, boasts an impressive average income of $89,095 and home listings at $613,040.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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Yet the most moving and memorable picture in the show, aside from Rembrandt’s, is one by his contemporary Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger, on loan from the National Gallery, in Washington, D.C.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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Since that splashy White House announcement, the tariff rates have been a wildly moving target.—
July 16,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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Click on the video below to see her touching reaction!—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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Stunning European scenery and a low cost of living Part of the former Yugoslavia touching Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary, with a tiny frontage on the Adriatic Sea, Slovenia offers a wide variety of stunning coastal and mountain scenery.—
William P. Barrett,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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“Affecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affecting. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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