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Affecting
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.