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affecting   (TTS Sound)

The verb affect has 5 senses

• affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")


• affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate")


• involve, affect, regard -- (connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business")


• feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")


• affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")

The adj affecting has 1 sense

• affecting, poignant, touching -- (arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching")