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Definition: Affecting |
AffectingAdjective1. Arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "affecting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: AffectingSynonyms: poignant (adj), touching (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pain | Distressing; afflicting, afflictive; joyless, cheerless, comfortless; dismal, disheartening; depressing, depressive; dreary, melancholy, grievous, piteous; woeful, rueful, mournful, deplorable, pitiable, lamentable; sad, affecting, touching, pathetic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Affecting |
| Etymologies containing "affecting": Unconcerning. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I downloaded this little baby off the Net. I will know exactly how many spirits I may imbibe without affecting my judgment or my behavior (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont) He can't hear the music nor enjoy what I'm buying. His life is worthless, affecting mine (Tommy; writing credit: Pete Townshend; Ken Russell) Is Terrance and Philip affecting America's youth (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut; writing credit: Trey Parker; Matt Stone) | |
Lyrics | How your love's affecting our reality (Larger Than Life; performing artist: Backstreet Boys) And it's affecting you (I'm Still In Love With You; performing artist: New Edition) I was too blind to see just how it was affecting me (U.N.I.T.Y.; performing artist: Queen Latifah) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Giardia lamblia is the protozoan organism that causes the disease Giardiasis, a diarrheal disorder directly affecting the small intestine. Credit: CDC. |  | Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive diplococcal organism, usually affecting the debilitated, elderly or the immunocompromised individual, and is often responsible for nosocomial infections acquired during lengthy hospital stays. Credit: CDC. |
 | Mucormycosis is a dangerous fungal infection usually occurring in the immunocompromised patient, affecting the regions of the eye, nose, and through its growth and destruction of the periorbital tissues, it will eventually invade the brain cavity. Credit: CDC. |  | An affecting scene in Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Ansel Adams | 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. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | In the distribution of this power it is declared that "the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | When questions specially affecting women are to be considered by the Conference, one at least of the advisers should be a woman. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Gout, another disease affecting the joints. (references) | |
Two experiments suggest that affecting HDL may be beneficial. (references) | ||
Presbycusis most often occurs in both ears, affecting them equally. (references) | ||
Business | The report first investigates the economic fundamentals affecting China. (references) | |
Major diseases affecting the population were infectious diseases, tuberculosis, and diabetes. (references) | ||
The Egyptian government is undergoing a process of reform in several areas affecting investment. (references) | ||
Children | Mexico | In Mexico City alone, 124 NGO's address problems affecting persons with physical disabilities. (references) |
Mauritania | NGO's increasingly have become active in raising public awareness of issues affecting persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | Abuse, including physical, sexual, and psychological, is the most serious human rights violation affecting children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Argentina | The article did not take effect until 1999, thus affecting the 2000 and 2001 school years. (references) |
Lithuania | At year's end, the commission had taken no action and made no statements affecting specific religious groups. (references) | |
Iran | However, the 1995 Press Law prohibits the publishing of a broad and ill-defined category of subjects, including material "insulting Islam and its sanctities" or "promoting subjects that might damage the foundation of the Islamic Republic." Generally prohibited topics include fault-finding comment regarding the personality and achievements of the late Leader of the Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini; direct criticism of the Supreme Leader; assailing the principle of velayat-e faqih, or rule by a supreme religious leader; questioning the tenets of certain Islamic legal principles; sensitive or classified material affecting national security; promotion of the views of certain dissident clerics, including Grand Ayatollah Ali Montazeri; and advocating rights or autonomy for ethnic minorities. (references) | |
Economic History | Fiji | The councils deal with all matters affecting ethnic Fijians. (references) |
Russia | Government decisions affecting business have often been arbitrary and inconsistent. (references) | |
Mexico | The slowdown of the Mexican economy is affecting the various IT sub-sectors differently. (references) | |
Human Rights | Paraguay | Overcrowding, unsanitary living conditions, and mistreatment are the most serious problems affecting all prisoners. (references) |
Egypt | The State Security Emergency courts share jurisdiction with military courts over crimes affecting national security. (references) | |
Mozambique | A law allows for faster implementation of CSMJ decisions affecting judges who appeal charges of misconduct, thus removing them from the bench more swiftly. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | The ATSIC Board is an advocate for indigenous people on all issues affecting indigenous people and at all levels of government. (references) |
Venezuela | The Government also promised not to undertake any further large infrastructure projects affecting the Pemon without consultation. (references) | |
Congo | Many never have heard of the concept of voting and had minimal ability to influence government decisions affecting their interests. (references) | |
Minorities | Singapore | It also reports to the Government on matters affecting any racial or religious community and investigates complaints. (references) |
Yugoslavia | One NGO blamed the influence of a newly created nationalist group called OBRAZ for the recent increase in incidents affecting minorities, especially Roma, Jews, and Albanians. (references) | |
Hungary | With some funding from the central budget and some logistical support from local governments, local minority self-governments seek to influence and oversee matters affecting minorities, particularly in the fields of education and culture. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sri Lanka | The most serious political issue affecting the investment climate is the ongoing armed conflict. (references) |
Albania | Transparency and corruption have eclipsed public order as the key issues affecting the business climate. (references) | |
Guinea | The two major issues affecting the business climate are the need for fiscal reform and administrative/judicial reform. (references) | |
Political Rights | Hong Kong | The Chief Executive's written consent is required before bills affecting government policy may be introduced. (references) |
Belgium | The linguistic community councils handle matters more directly affecting the mental and cultural well-being of the individual, such as education and the administration of certain social welfare programs. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Typical topics raised in a majlis include complaints about bureaucratic delay or insensitivity, requests for personal redress or assistance, and criticism of particular acts of government affecting family welfare. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | The lack of the rule of law makes official decisions affecting business often arbitrary. (references) |
Costa Rica | The Central Bank of Costa Rica determines and directs policies affecting the banking sector. (references) | |
Spain | Legislation affecting cinema productions include January 2000 legislation setting film screen quotas. (references) | |
Women | Chile | Serious problems affecting women include sexual and domestic violence. (references) |
Antigua and Barbuda | There are a number of active nongovernmental organizations that address issues affecting women. (references) | |
Jamaica | These programs have had limited effect but have raised the awareness of problems affecting women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Turkey | Unions and their officers have a statutory right to express their views on issues directly affecting members' economic and social interests. (references) |
Cyprus | In both communities, trade unions freely and regularly take stands on public policy issues affecting workers and maintain their independence from the authorities. (references) | |
Indonesia | A series of strikes affecting a number of cities, including Bandung, Gresik, and Surabaya, occurred in June over the repeal of Manpower Ministry Decree 150 on severance pay. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OVERWORK, n. A dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Misery is often the parent of the most affecting touches in poetry. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | By some of the other belligerents, although professing just and amicable dispositions, injuries materially affecting our commerce have not been duly controlled or repressed. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Other differences had arisen in this long interval, affecting their highest interests, which were likewise provided for by this last treaty. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | If extravagance were not reflected in taxation, and through taxation both directly and indirectly injuriously affecting the people, it would not be of so much consequence. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Since then the housing shortage in countless communities, affecting millions of families, has magnified this call to action. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The impact of large-scale migration is affecting many countries in the hemisphere. |
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| "Affecting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 99.14% of the time. "Affecting" is used about 1,503 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 99.14% | 1,490 | 5,462 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,503 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "affecting": agreement affecting competition ♦ arrangement affecting competition ♦ function affecting maintenance ♦ measures affecting trade in services. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "affecting": heart-affecting, life-affecting, non-service-affecting, performance-affecting, service-affecting, traffic-affecting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "affecting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aandoenlik (moving, touching). (various references) | |
Arabic | مثير للعاطفة (emotional, warm), مدع (acting as if, assuming, dissembling, faking, feigning, poser, putting on, simulating, simulator). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | трогателен (appealing, moving, pathetic, poignant, touching), въздействуващ, затрогващ (emotive, heartwarming, poignant, soul-stirring, touching). (various references) | |
Chinese | 影" (Affect, Clout, Effected, Effecting, INFLUENCE, Influenced, Influencing). (various references) | |
Danish | modtagelig (moving, touching), følsom (moving, sensitive, touching). (various references) | |
Dutch | affectief (moving, touching), aangrýpend (moving, touching), aandoenlýk (moving, seized with emotion, touching), treffend (moving, striking, touching), roerend (mobile, moving, touching), ontroerend (moving, touching), emotioneel (emotional, moving, touching). (various references) | |
Faeroese | hugtakandi (moving, touching). (various references) | |
Finnish | veren hyytymiseen vaikuttava perinnöllinen sairaus (hereditary disorder affecting coagulation of blood), tuomio,joka vaikuttaa kolmannen oikeudelliseen asemaan (judgment affecting a third party), hemoglobiinin valmistumista haittaava poikkeavuus (anomaly affecting the synthesis of haemoglobin). (various references) | |
French | attendrissant, affectant, émouvant. (various references) | |
Frisian | oandwaanlik (moving, touching). (various references) | |
German | bewegend (budging, locomotive, motively, moving). (various references) | |
Greek | συγκινητικόσ (emotional, moving, pathetic, pathetical, thrilling, touching). (various references) | |
Icelandic | tilfinningasamurlegur (moving, touching). (various references) | |
Italian | commovente (emotional, moving, pathetic, poignant, touching, toughing). (various references) | |
Korean | 영향을 미침. (various references) | |
Manx | gleashagh (locomotive, moving, stir, stirring, touching). (various references) | |
Norwegian | følsom (moving, touching). (various references) | |
Papiamen | emoshonal (moving, touching). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | affectingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | comovente (feeling, melting, moving, pathetic, touching, vibrant). (various references) | |
Romanian | afectare (affectation, archness, demureness, dissimulation, fastidiousness, feint, foppery, foppishness, hypercriticism, mannerism, pose, preciosity, primness, sham). (various references) | |
Spanish | conmovedor (appealing, exciting, moving, poignant, rousing, shattering, soulful, thrilling, touching). (various references) | |
Swedish | rubbning i hemoglobinsyntesen (anomaly affecting the synthesis of haemoglobin), oegentlighet som belastar gemenskapens budget (irregularity adversely affecting the Community budget), individuell åtgärd (measure affecting a specified person), företag får föra talan mot allmänna beslut,som de anser innebär maktmissbruk gentemot dem (undertakings may institute proceedings against general decisions which they consider to involve a misuse of powers affecting them), dom med rättskraft mot tredje man (judgment affecting a third party), ärftlig koagulationsrubbning (hereditary disorder affecting coagulation of blood). (various references) | |
Turkish | acikli (dismal, dreary, gaunt, miserable, moving, sad, touching, tragedy, tragic), yapmacıklı (feignedly, mannered, precious, stiff necked, stilted), numaracı (affected, fake, faker, fakir, poser, poseur, shammer, simulator, tricksy), etkileyici (affective, charismatic, devastating, dramatic, effective, effectively, enchanting, expressive, fascinating, forceful, handsome, imposing, impressive, intense, speaking, touchy, winged), etkileyen. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хвилюючий (alarming, dramatic, emotional, emotive, heartwarming, stirring, thrilling, troublous), вразливий (impressible, impressionable, intense, susceptible), вражаючий (impressive, magnific, magnifical, trimming, wonderful), зворушливий (appealing, feeling, interesting, moving, pathetic, pathetical, touching), бентежний (baffling, discouraging, embarrassing, puzzling). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | l m xúc động, l m mủi lòng (moving, poignant), l m cảm động. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "affecting": affectingly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "affecting": disaffecting, unaffecting. (additional references) | |
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"Affecting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mafficking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "affecting" (pronounced ufe"kting) |
| 7 | u f e" k t i ng | defecting, effecting. |
| 6 | -f e" k t i ng | infecting, perfecting. |
| 5 | -e" k t i ng | collecting, connecting, correcting, deflecting, detecting, directing, disconnecting, disrespecting, dissecting, electing, erecting, expecting, injecting, inspecting, intersecting, neglecting, objecting, projecting, prospecting, protecting, recollecting, reconnecting, redirecting, reelecting, reflecting, rejecting, respecting, resurrecting, selecting, subjecting, suspecting, unsuspecting. |
| 4 | -k t i ng | abducting, acting, addicting, afflicting, attracting, concocting, conducting, conflicting, constricting, constructing, contacting, contracting, contradicting, convicting, counteracting, deducting, depicting, destructing, detracting, distracting, districting, enacting, evicting, exacting, extracting, impacting, inflicting, instructing, interacting, interdicting, obstructing, overreacting, predicting, reacting, reconstructing, redacting, redistricting, restricting, retracting, subcontracting, subtracting, superconducting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-f-g-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: effacing, faceting. | |
-2 letters: caffein. | |
-3 letters: acetin, acting, affect, affine, centai, eating, enatic, facing, fating, feting, fiance, incage, infect, ingate. | |
-4 letters: acing, actin, agent, antic, enact, entia, facet, fagin, faint, feign, feint, gaffe, ganef, genic, giant, tenia, tinea, tinge. | |
-5 letters: acne, agin, ante, anti, cafe, caff, cage, cain, cane, cant, cate, cent, cine, cite, etic, etna. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-f-g-i-n-t" | |
+2 letters: affectingly, facelifting, unaffecting. | |
+3 letters: disaffecting, effectuating. | |
+5 letters: decaffeinating. | |
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