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touching en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Meanings

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

Forms

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more touching Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most touching Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

heart-touching · untouching · touchingness · touchingly · nontouching

Synonyms

sad (provoking sadness) · juxtacrine (in direct contact with) · emotional (provoking sadness) · pertingent (in direct contact with) · moving (provoking sadness)

Translations (48)

sk dojímavý (provoking sadness and pity) · cmn 使……感動 /使……感动 (provoking sadness and pity) · de anrührend (provoking sadness and pity) · be жа́ласлівы (provoking sadness and pity) · hu megható (provoking sadness and pity) · fi koskettava (provoking sadness and pity) · ko 감동적 (provoking sadness and pity) · hu megindító (provoking sadness and pity) · it toccante (provoking sadness and pity) · de ergreifend (provoking sadness and pity) · es conmovedor (provoking sadness and pity) · nl roerend (provoking sadness and pity) · vi cảm động (provoking sadness and pity) · mi whakaaroha (provoking sadness and pity) · el συγκινητικός (provoking sadness and pity) · cmn 感人 (provoking sadness and pity) · pl wzruszający (provoking sadness and pity) · tr dokunaklı (provoking sadness and pity) · sv rörande (provoking sadness and pity) · mi whakaaroharoha (provoking sadness and pity) · fi liikuttava (provoking sadness and pity) · mk трогателен (provoking sadness and pity) · ga corraitheach (provoking sadness and pity) · be замілава́льны (provoking sadness and pity) · sl ganljiv (provoking sadness and pity) · ru тро́гательный (provoking sadness and pity) · es enternecedor (provoking sadness and pity) · pt tocante (provoking sadness and pity) · sk dojemný (provoking sadness and pity) · uk звору́шливий (provoking sadness and pity) · ja 感動的な (provoking sadness and pity) · it commovente (provoking sadness and pity) · fr touchant (provoking sadness and pity) · de rührend (provoking sadness and pity) · be крана́льны (provoking sadness and pity) · nb rørende (provoking sadness and pity) · tr hazin (provoking sadness and pity) · sv känslosam (provoking sadness and pity) · da rørende (provoking sadness and pity) · hy հուզիչ (provoking sadness and pity) · sh дѝрљив (provoking sadness and pity) · ar مُؤَثِّر (provoking sadness and pity) · sh dìrljiv (provoking sadness and pity) · tr hüzünlü (provoking sadness and pity) · la flexanimus (provoking sadness and pity) · cs dojemný (provoking sadness and pity) · es emotivo (provoking sadness and pity) · bg трога́телен (provoking sadness and pity)

touching en · ADP · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Meanings

  1. Regarding; concerning.
    • Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 8:1:
    • Every time I ascended to the deck from my watches below, I instantly gazed aft to mark if any strange face were visible ; for my first vague disquietude touching the unknown captain, now in the seclusion of the sea, became almost a perturbation. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 28, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 134:

Synonyms

apropos · about · as for

touching en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of touch
    form of touch

touching en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The act by which something is touched.
    • But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move. 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology, page 168:
  2. (India, in-plural) A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Forms

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touchings Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (3)

bg докосване (The act by which something is touched) · ar لَمْس (The act by which something is touched) · tr dokunuş (The act by which something is touched)