affecting

/ə'fektiɳ/

Thân thiện

The documentary included an affecting scene of a family reunion.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing a strong emotional response; moving the feelings: Describes something that evokes or stirs deep emotions, typically sadness, sympathy, or tenderness.
   • Poignant, touching: Characterizes a scene, story, or gesture that is emotionally powerful and resonates with the observer.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The documentary about the refugees was deeply affecting. (The film powerfully stirred the viewers' emotions.)
  • She told an affecting story of personal loss. (Her narrative was emotionally moving.)
  • His quiet, affecting speech left the audience in tears. (His simple and poignant words had a strong emotional impact.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal or literary contexts: The word is often used in critiques, reviews, or descriptive writing to denote a high degree of emotional power.
  • The novel's most affecting chapter deals with the protagonist's farewell.
• Distinction from 'effective': While 'effective' means successful in producing a desired result, 'affecting' specifically relates to producing an emotional result.
  • The policy was effective (it worked). vs. The memorial was affecting (it was emotionally moving).

Variants and Related Words

• Affect (verb): To have an influence on or to touch the feelings of.
  • The news did not affect him. (It did not change his emotional state.)
• Affected (adjective, different meaning): Behaving in an artificial or pretentious way.
  • Her affected accent was irritating. (Her pretended way of speaking was annoying.)
• Affection (noun): A feeling of liking, fondness, or love.
  • She felt great affection for her grandmother.

Synonyms

• Moving: Stirring emotion.
• Poignant: Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
• Touching: Arousing feelings of tenderness, sympathy, or gratitude.
• Heartrending: Causing great sadness or distress.
• Emotional: Arousing or characterized by intense feeling.

Antonyms

• Unemotional: Not showing or feeling emotion.
• Unmoving: Failing to stir emotion; not touching.
• Impassive: Not feeling or showing emotion.
• Cold: Lacking affection or warmth of feeling.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• An affecting sight/scene/moment: A common collocation to describe something visually or situationally moving.
  • The reunion of the long-lost siblings was an affecting sight.
• Deeply/Profoundly affecting: Used as an intensifier to describe something extremely moving.
  • The charity's work in the disaster zone was profoundly affecting.

Học thuật

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• poignant
• touching