Related Words for affecting

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touching
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
poignant
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Verb, Adjective
moving
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
unaffected
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Adjective, Adjective
natural
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Adverb
impacting
x/x
Verb
effecting
x/x
Verb
influencing
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Verb
afflicting
x/x
Adjective
impairing
x/x
Verb
hampering
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Verb
improving
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Verb
plaguing
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Verb
disrupting
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Verb
enhancing
x/x
Verb
ruining
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Verb
undermining
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Noun
hindering
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Verb
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective
harming
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Verb
impeding
x/x
Verb
jeopardizing
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Verb
altering
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Verb
damaging
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Adjective
preventing
x/x
Verb
inhibiting
x/xx
Verb
controlling
x/x
Verb
relating
x/x
Verb
reshaping
x/x
Noun
destroying
x/x
Verb
changing
/x
Verb
involving
x/x
Verb
benefiting
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Verb
ravaging
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Noun
surrounding
x/x
Verb
protecting
x/x
Verb
permeating
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Verb
hurting
/x
Verb
interfering
xx/x
Verb
adversely
x/x
Adverb
detriment
/xx
Noun
increasing
x/x
Verb
causing
/x
Verb
restricting
x/x
Verb
infecting
x/x
Noun
boosting
/x
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
weakening
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Noun
occurring
x/x
Verb
destabilizing
x/xxx
Adjective
strengthening
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Noun
wrecking
/x
Verb
crippling
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Noun
transforming
x/x
Noun
endangering
x/xx
Verb
contributing
x/xx
Verb
limiting
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Verb
shaping
/x
Verb
engulfing
x/x
Noun
assessing
x/x
Verb
dominating
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Verb
exacerbating
x/xxx
Verb
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
pervading
x/x
Adjective
deteriorating
x/xxxx
Verb
threatening
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Adjective
concerning
x/x
Verb
augmenting
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Verb
decreasing
x/x
Verb
complicating
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Noun
losing
/x
Verb
eroding
x/x
Verb
aggravating
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Adjective
implicating
/xxx
Verb
contaminating
x/xxx
Noun
compromising
/xxx
Verb
impinging
x/x
Noun
determining
x/xx
Verb
worsening
/xx
Verb
perturbing
x/x
Adjective
elevating
/xxx
Verb
suppressing
x/x
Verb
mitigating
/xxx
Adjective
sapping
/x
Verb
killing
/x
Noun
encompassing
x/xx
Adjective
modifying
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Verb
regulating
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Verb
overshadowing
/x/xx
Verb
safeguarding
/xx
Noun
alienating
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Verb
triggering
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Verb
distorting
x/x
Noun
informing
x/x
Verb
reflecting
x/x
Verb
corrupting
x/x
Noun
depleting
x/x
Adjective
developing
x/xx
Verb
shifting
/x
Verb
managing
/xx
Noun
amplifying
/xxx
Noun
sabotaging
/xxx
Verb
prevalent
/xx
Adjective
depriving
x/x
Verb
pertaining
x/x
Verb
happening
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Verb
nullifying
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Verb
clouding
/x
Noun
intensifying
x/xxx
Verb
manifesting
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Verb
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
bolstering
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Verb
supporting
x/x
Verb
declining
x/x
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
differentiating
xx/xxx
Verb
optimizing
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Verb
characterizing
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Verb
stabilizing
/xxx
Adjective
manipulating
x/xxx
Verb
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
inducing
x/x
Adjective
devastating
/xxx
Adjective
paralyzing
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Noun
adjusting
x/x
Verb
fluctuating
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Adjective
regarding
x/x
Verb
expanding
x/x
Verb
maintaining
x/x
Verb
attributable
x/xxx
Adjective
corroding
x/x
Noun
affective
x/x
Adjective
emotional
x/xx
Adjective
emotive
x/x
Adjective
vehement
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Adjective
charged
/
Verb
melting
/x
Noun
impassioned
x/x
Adjective
profound
x/
Adjective
passionate
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Adjective
lesson
/x
Noun
scene
/
Noun
leave
/
Noun
sight
/
Noun
manner
/x
Noun
occasion
x/x
Noun
beauty
/x
Noun
letter
/x
Noun
about
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Adverb, Adjective
aimed
/
Adjective
allocating
/xxx
Verb, Noun
amending
x/x
Verb, Noun
arresting
x/x
Adjective
assigning
x/x
Noun
attacking
x/x
Adjective
bashing
/x
Noun
bearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
besetting
x/x
Noun, Adjective
captivating
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Adjective
circumstantial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
confronting
x/x
Adjective
consequences
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Noun
covering
/xx
Noun
curious
/xx
Adjective
dealing
/x
Noun
dedicating
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Verb
devoting
x/x
Verb
earning
/x
Verb, Noun
edifying
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
enthralling
x/x
Adjective
experiencing
x/xxx
Noun
facing
/x
Adjective, Noun
for
/
Noun
governing
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Noun
gratification
xxx/x
Noun
gripping
/x
Adjective, Noun
having
/x
Noun, Adjective
heartrending
//x
Adjective
hitting
/x
Noun
impersonal
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
implications
xx/x
Noun
incriminating
x/xxx
Adjective
infringing
x/x
Verb, Noun
intelligible
x/xxx
Adjective
interesting
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Adjective
lungs
/
Adjective
melancholy
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
modulating
/xxx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
mortifying
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
plainer
/x
Noun
reaching
/x
Noun
receiving
x/x
Noun
repercussions
xx/x
Noun
reserving
x/x
Verb
respecting
x/x
Verb
sacrificing
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Verb
spanning
/x
Noun
spine
/
Noun
striking
/x
Adjective, Noun
sublime
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
suffering
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Noun, Adjective
targeting
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Adjective, Noun
traversing
x/x
Noun
troubling
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Adjective, Noun
undertaken
/xxx
Verb
unemotional
xx/xx
Adjective
unforgettable
xx/xx
Adjective
violating
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Verb
weighing
/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
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Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb