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单词 affecting
释义

affecting

adjective

af·​fect·​ing ə-ˈfek-tiŋ How to pronounce affecting (audio)
a-
: evoking a strong emotional response
affectingly
ə-ˈfek-tiŋ-lē How to pronounce affecting (audio)
a-
adverb

Synonyms

  • emotional
  • impactful
  • impressive
  • moving
  • poignant
  • stirring
  • touching
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Example Sentences

He begins his book with an affecting description of his difficult childhood. the affecting final scene in the play, when the children are reunited with their father
Recent Examples on the Web The most affecting quality of his rebirth is the determined restoration of his sense of goodness. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 This part of the film is the least sumptuous and grandiose — and the most affecting. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 That scene, with the futuristic 1964 World’s Fair structures looming in the background, is among the movie’s most affecting moments, showing Hopkins’ consummate skill at conveying a deep emotional well with impeccable restraint. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 For Audain, the most affecting stories are those that end with drownings in the Rio Grande. Scott Dalton, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022 Echoing the structure of a shooter game, this chapter is also improbably among the novel’s most affecting sections, a moving demonstration of the blended power of fiction and gaming. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 Speaking of allies, the involvement of Mark Ruffalo and Marisa Tomei as executive producers should help to propel the film, but regardless, Short Bull and Tomaselli have made an affecting and timely chronicle. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022 But interestingly, the most affecting moments aren’t necessarily the dramatic epiphanic turning points. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 That makes the dark conclusion all the more affecting. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of affect entry 2

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined above

affecting 1 of 3

adjective

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • emotional
  • touching
  • impressive
  • moving
  • exciting
  • stirring
  • impactful
  • excitable
  • poignant
  • passionate
  • dramatic
  • meaningful
  • inspirational
  • provoking
  • feeling
  • expressive
  • significant
  • stimulating
  • sensitive
  • theatrical
  • eloquent
  • responsive
  • theatric
  • rousing
  • demonstrative
  • cathartic
  • histrionic
  • melodramatic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • detached
  • unaffecting
  • unimpressive
  • cold
  • unemotional
  • cool
  • dispassionate
  • emotionless
  • deadpan
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affecting

2 of 3

verb (1)

present participle of affect
1
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • influencing
  • impacting
  • impressing
  • touching
  • striking
  • reaching
  • interesting
  • involving
  • swaying
  • inspiring
  • moving
  • bothering
  • concerning
  • attracting
  • getting to
  • plaguing
  • disturbing
  • fascinating
  • afflicting
  • penetrating
  • dazzling
  • entrancing
  • troubling
  • worrying
  • transporting
  • ravishing
  • upsetting
  • biasing
  • carrying away
  • enchanting
  • telling (on)
  • stirring
  • enthralling
  • engaging
  • perturbing
  • distressing
  • harassing
  • trying
  • stressing
  • enrapturing
  • disquieting
  • discomforting
  • coloring
  • piercing
  • captivating
  • biassing
  • charming
  • pestering
  • smiting
  • harrying
  • bewitching
  • agitating
  • alluring
  • wringing
  • flustering
  • discomposing
  • straining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tiring
  • boring
  • jading
  • wearying
  • palling
  • underwhelming
2
as in concerning
to be the business or affair of fortunately, hurricane season doesn't affect the West Coast

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • concerning
  • involving
  • touching
  • implicating
  • ensnaring
  • embroiling
  • entangling
  • relating (to)
  • applying (to)
  • appertaining (to)
  • pertaining (to)
  • bearing (on)
  • referring (to)

affecting

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of affect
1
as in simulating
to present a false appearance of she affected complete unawareness that we were talking about her, though she must have overheard

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • simulating
  • pretending
  • assuming
  • acting
  • concealing
  • feigning
  • counterfeiting
  • faking
  • forging
  • making believe
  • shamming
  • professing
  • masquerading
  • dissembling
  • posing
  • bluffing
  • playing
  • imitating
  • disguising
  • camouflaging
  • putting on
  • masking
  • impersonating
  • dissimulating
  • passing (for)
  • playacting
  • letting on
  • feinting
  • malingering
2
as in haunting
to go to or spend time in often a power couple known to affect all the fancy parties in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • haunting
  • visiting
  • frequenting
  • habituating
  • invading
  • infesting
  • attending
  • hanging (at)
  • overrunning
  • patronizing
  • swarming
  • resorting (to)
  • dropping in
  • dropping by
  • taking in
  • stopping (in or by)
  • calling (on or upon)
  • stopping (over)
  • staying (at)
  • camping (out in)
  • running (in)
  • sojourning (at)
  • popping (in)
  • tarrying (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • avoiding
  • escaping
  • shaking
  • evading
  • shunning
  • eluding
  • dodging
  • eschewing
  • ducking
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of affecting are impressive, moving, pathetic, poignant, and touching. While all these words mean "having the power to produce deep emotion," affecting is close to moving but most often suggests pathos.

an affecting deathbed reunion

The synonyms impressive and affecting are sometimes interchangeable, but impressive implies compelling attention, admiration, wonder, or conviction.

an impressive list of achievements

Although the words moving and affecting have much in common, moving may apply to any strong emotional effect including thrilling, agitating, saddening, or calling forth pity or sympathy.

a moving appeal for contributions

While the synonyms pathetic and affecting are close in meaning, pathetic implies moving to pity or sometimes contempt.

pathetic attempts to justify misconduct

The meanings of poignant and affecting largely overlap; however, poignant applies to what keenly or sharply affects one's sensitivities.

a poignant documentary on the homeless

In some situations, the words touching and affecting are roughly equivalent. However, touching implies arousing tenderness or compassion.

the touching innocence in a child's eyes
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