touching

Meanings

Plural: touchings

Noun

• the event of something coming in contact with the body
• the act of putting two things together with no space between them
• The act by which something is touched.
• A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Verb

• make physical contact with, come in contact with
• perceive via the tactile sense
  • "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
• affect emotionally
• be relevant to
• be in direct physical contact with; make contact
• have an effect upon
• deal with; usually used with a form of negation
• cause to be in brief contact with
• to extend as far as
• be equal to in quality or ability
• tamper with
• make a more or less disguised reference to
• comprehend
• consume
• color lightly
• present participle and gerund of touch

Adjective Satellite

• arousing affect
  • "his gratitude was simple and touching"

Adj

• Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• In direct contact with.

Prep

• Regarding; concerning.

Synonyms

about, adjoin, advert, affect, affecting, allude, apropos, as for, bear on, bear upon, come to, concern, contact, disturb, emotional, equal, extend to, have-to doe with, impact, juxtacrine, match, meet, moving, partake, pertain, pertingent, poignant, reach, refer, relate, rival, sad, stir, tinct, tinge, tint, touch, touch on

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