Expressive or suggestive of penitence, remorse, sorrow, or regret. Now also: expressing sorrow or… Of cries or speech.

Arousing sadness, compassion, or sympathy; = pathetic, adj. 1. Now archaic.

That affects the feelings or emotions; producing strong emotion; affecting, moving. Cf. touch, v. 28.

That imprints: see the verb. In quot. 1592, †That imprints or impresses something on the mind, impressive (obsolete).

Producing strong emotion, esp. sadness or sympathy; touching, affecting.

gen. Producing an effect upon the emotions; moving, stirring, affecting. Obsolete.

Closely affecting or touching a person. Also (in superlative) as n. Obsolete.

Having the quality of influencing the emotions: affecting. Now rare.

That moves the emotions; emotional. rare.

that produces tenderness; affecting.

That touches the emotions; moving.

transferred. Sensitively felt; that touches sensitive feelings or emotions. Obsolete.

Arousing or able to arouse strong feeling or emotion.