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touch·ing
 touching
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- pronunciation:
- tuh
chIng
- parts of speech:
- adjective, preposition
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
arousing feelings of sympathy or tenderness; moving.
The charity issued a touching appeal for donations this Christmas.I found it touching how he remembered me after all these years.The touching poem her daughter wrote for her brought joyful tears to her eyes.- synonyms:
- affecting, moving, poignant
- similar words:
- emotional, pathetic, pitiful, plaintive, powerful, sentimental, stirring, tearful
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| definition 2: |
in contact.
touching surfaces- synonyms:
- adjoining, contiguous, tangent
- similar words:
- abutting, conterminous, coterminous
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| related words: |
adjoining, flush, piteous |
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| part of speech: |
preposition |
| definition: |
with reference to; concerning.
He was uneasy about questions touching his financial situation.- synonyms:
- about, concerning, regarding
- similar words:
- anent, as regards, in re
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| derivation: |
touchingly (adv.) |
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