Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index A affecting: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: af•fect•ing Pronunciation: (u-fek'ting), [key] — adj. moving or exciting the feelings or emotions. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: affecting (Thesaurus) affected affection ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tendentious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language