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affecting

Adjective

∙ Producing strong feelings and emotions.

Verb

∙ present participle of affect

affect

Verb

∙ To influence or alter. transitive
∙ To move to emotion. transitive
∙ Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). transitive
∙ To dispose or incline. transitive, archaic
∙ To tend to by affinity or disposition. transitive, archaic
∙ To assign; to appoint. transitive, archaic

Verb

∙ To aim for, to try to obtain. [15th-19th c.] obsolete, transitive
∙ To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. [from 16th c.] transitive, now rare
∙ To show a fondness for (something); to choose. [from 16th c.] transitive, obsolete
∙ To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.] transitive

Noun

∙ One's mood or inclination; mental state. [14th-17th c.] obsolete
∙ A desire, an appetite. [16th-17th c.] obsolete
∙ A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.] psychology

BABYLON ENGLISH
affecting adj.
moving, stirring, touching; exciting
affect v.
influence; move someone (emotionally); attack (of a disease); act as if, pretend; have a certain disposition towards; have an affinity for

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
affecting
affecting
affectible \af*fect"i*ble\ (&?;), a. that may be affected. [r.] lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible.

WORDNET 2.0
affecting
Adjective
1. arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
(synonym) poignant, touching
(similar) moving
affect
Noun
1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
(hypernym) feeling
(derivation) impress, move, strike
Verb
1. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
2. act physically on; have an effect upon
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) attack
3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) involve, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
4. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, pretend, make believe
5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) impress, move, strike
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, strike, come to

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Affect
Affect may refer to:Affect (linguistics), attitude or emotion that a speaker brings to an utteranceAffect (philosophy)Affect (psychology), the experience of feeling or emotionAffect display, signs of emotion, such as facial expression, vocalization, and postureAffect theoryAffective science, the scientific study of emotionBlunted affect or affective flattening, a reduction in emotional reactivityLabile affect, the unstable display of emotionAffected accent, see Accent (sociolinguistics)Affective computing, an area of research in computer science aiming to understand the emotional state of users
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

affecting

Adjective

∙ Producing strong feelings and emotions.

Verb

∙ present participle of affect

affect

Verb

∙ To influence or alter. transitive
∙ To move to emotion. transitive
∙ Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). transitive
∙ To dispose or incline. transitive, archaic
∙ To tend to by affinity or disposition. transitive, archaic
∙ To assign; to appoint. transitive, archaic

Verb

∙ To aim for, to try to obtain. [15th-19th c.] obsolete, transitive
∙ To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of. [from 16th c.] transitive, now rare
∙ To show a fondness for (something); to choose. [from 16th c.] transitive, obsolete
∙ To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.] transitive

Noun

∙ One's mood or inclination; mental state. [14th-17th c.] obsolete
∙ A desire, an appetite. [16th-17th c.] obsolete
∙ A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.] psychology

BABYLON ENGLISH
affecting adj.
moving, stirring, touching; exciting
affect v.
influence; move someone (emotionally); attack (of a disease); act as if, pretend; have a certain disposition towards; have an affinity for

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
affecting
affecting
affectible \af*fect"i*ble\ (&?;), a. that may be affected. [r.] lay aside the absolute, and, by union with the creaturely, become affectible.

WORDNET 2.0
affecting
Adjective
1. arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"
(synonym) poignant, touching
(similar) moving
affect
Noun
1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
(hypernym) feeling
(derivation) impress, move, strike
Verb
1. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
2. act physically on; have an effect upon
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) attack
3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) involve, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
4. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, pretend, make believe
5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) impress, move, strike
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, strike, come to

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Affect
Affect may refer to:Affect (linguistics), attitude or emotion that a speaker brings to an utteranceAffect (philosophy)Affect (psychology), the experience of feeling or emotionAffect display, signs of emotion, such as facial expression, vocalization, and postureAffect theoryAffective science, the scientific study of emotionBlunted affect or affective flattening, a reduction in emotional reactivityLabile affect, the unstable display of emotionAffected accent, see Accent (sociolinguistics)Affective computing, an area of research in computer science aiming to understand the emotional state of users
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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