affecting

comparative more affecting · superlative most affecting

1. Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.

   The moment when Tyrion firmly grabs his friend’s arm just before Dany utters the cue for Drogon to burn the eunuch alive is affecting, because it conveys both how much Tyrion cares for his friend, and also how much this is costing him.

   2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019

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   Within this sphere, then, the reader is allowed to follow Hull's growth both as an individual and as a poet. She moves from pieces that are affecting, though merely descriptive, to "conversations," and finally, to strong affirmations spoken in the first person.

   1989 December 17, Terri L. Jewell, “A Poet's Revolution Of Life”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 7

   Synonyms: affective

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of affect