affecting
/əˈfɛktɪŋ/ adjective B1- Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
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All we have got to do is, to keep our own counsel, and remain perfectly quiet, not breathing a word to any living soul; and you will see that the storm will pass away without in the least affecting us.”
“Ah, this one is not like the other, and his madness is less affecting than this one’s display of reason.”
“Have you got anything to cut it with?” queried Diana, wiping away the tears which Anne’s affecting accents had caused to flow afresh, and returning to practicalities.
Diana and I had such an affecting farewell down by the spring.
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