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Touched

adjective

1.

Having come into contact. Antonym: untouched.

2.

Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion. Synonyms: affected, moved, stirred. "Very touched by the stranger's kindness" Antonym: unmoved.

3.

Slightly insane. Synonym: fey.

Touch

verb

(past & past part. touched; pres. part. touching)

1.

Make physical contact with, come in contact with. "She never touched her husband"

2.

Perceive via the tactile sense.

3.

Affect emotionally. Synonym: stir. "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

4.

Be relevant to. Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch on. "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

5.

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact. Synonyms: adjoin, contact, meet. "Their hands touched" , "The wire must not contact the metal cover" , "The surfaces contact at this point"

6.

Have an effect upon. Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch on.

7.

Deal with; usually used with a form of negation. "The local Mafia won't touch gambling"

8.

Cause to be in brief contact with.

9.

To extend as far as. Synonyms: extend to, reach. "Can he reach?" , "The chair must not touch the wall"

10.

Be equal to in quality or ability. Synonyms: equal, match, rival. "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues" , "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

11.

Tamper with. Synonym: disturb.

12.

Make a more or less disguised reference to. Synonyms: advert, allude.

13.

Comprehend.

14.

Consume. Synonym: partake.

15.

Color lightly. Synonyms: tinct, tinge, tint. "The leaves were tinged red in November"

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"Touched" Quotes from Famous Books

... slipped down the spire's slope, by the aid of the rope, until his feet touched the balcony's floor. Now he stood with upturned ...

— The High School Captain of the Team - Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard • H. Irving Hancock

... it is. And Mary was quite right to tell him that it is impossible. It is impossible. And I trust, for her sake, that his words have not touched her young heart." ...

— Dr. Wortle's School • Anthony Trollope

... on that occasion that I first felt a full impression of Mr. Henry's powers. In vain should I attempt to give any idea of his speech. He was calm and collected; touched upon the origin and progress of the dispute between Great Britain and the colonies, the various conciliatory measures adopted by the latter, and the uniformly increasing tone of violence and arrogance on the ...

— Patrick Henry • Moses Coit Tyler

... royal letter reached me I was standing among the people of my tribe, and when it had been read to me I threw myself face downwards on the ground, and bowed until my head touched the dust, and I clasped the document reverently to my breast. Then [I rose up] and walked to and fro in my abode, rejoicing and saying, "How can these things possibly be done to thy servant who is now speaking, whose heart made ...

— The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians • E. A. Wallis Budge

... what I's been savin' up, an' I wants you to put dese six eggs into de eddication of dese boys an' gals.' Since the work at Tuskegee started," added the speaker, "it has been my privilege to receive many gifts for the benefit of the institution, but never any, I think, that touched me ...

— A Social History of the American Negro • Benjamin Brawley

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