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Definition of Affecting |
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Affecting
of Affect Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight. Affected; given to false show. Related Definitions: Address, Affect, Affected, Affecting, An, As, Excite, False, Fitted, Given, Moving, Of, Pathetic, Show, Sight, The, To, Touching |
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Affecting Quotations
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. Plato A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. Gilbert K. Chesterton Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty. Edmund Burke Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. Ansel Adams Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others. Margaret J. Wheatley |
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Affecting Translations
affecting in French is affectant affecting in German is bewegend |
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