affecting (adj.)
- afflictive
- bitter
- bleak
- cheerless
- comfortless
- deplorable
- depressing
- depressive
- dismal
- dismaying
- distressful
- distressing
- disturbing
- doleful
- dolorous
- dreary
- emotive
- grievous
- heartrending
- impressive
- joyless
- lamentable
- mournful
- moving
- painful
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- poignant
- regrettable
- rueful
- sad
- sharp
- sore
- sorrowful
- touching
- troubling
- uncomfortable
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting;
'T was only that when he was off he was acting.
