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Affecting

//əˈfɛktɪŋ//

Synonyms for "affecting" (52 found)

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Informal (8)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(2 words)

wretched painful

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

General use (44)

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

moving troubling dismaying saddening

Adj, noun(7 words)

dreary dismal deplorable bleak emotional depressive emotive

Adj, verb(5 words)

prevailing distressing disturbing depressing discomforting

Adjective(25 words)

poignant grievous impressive woeful lamentable sorrowful mournful pathetic woebegone pitiable regrettable uncomfortable joyless cheerless rueful eloquent piteous dolorous doleful afflictive

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comfortless distressful heartrending dolorific dolorogenic

Adjective(2 words)

poignant touching

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

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