affecting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb have an effect upon
    impact; touch on; bear upon; bear on; touch; affect.
    • Will the new rules affect me?
  2. verb act physically on; have an effect upon
    affect.
    • the medicine affects my heart rate
  3. verb connect closely and often incriminatingly
    involve; affect; regard.
    • This new ruling affects your business
  4. verb make believe with the intent to deceive
    affect; feign; pretend; dissemble; sham.
    • He feigned that he was ill
    • He shammed a headache
  5. verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
    strike; affect; move; impress.
    • This child impressed me as unusually mature
    • This behavior struck me as odd
  6. adjective satellite arousing affect
    poignant; touching.
    • the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene
    • poignant grief cannot endure forever
    • his gratitude was simple and touching

WordNet

Af*fect"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.
    The most affecting music is generally the most simple.
  2. Affected; given to false show. Obs.
    A drawling; affecting rouge. Shak.

Webster 1913