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   Touch·ing

   /ˈtəCHiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. arousing strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude: "your loyalty is very touching"

   preposition

   • 1. concerning; about: "evidence touching the facts of Roger's case"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a preposition): from French touchant, present participle of toucher ‘to touch’; the adjective (early 16th century) is from touch + -ing2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. touchingly adverb
   • 2. touchingness noun

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   What does it mean if something is touching?

   • Something that is touching affects you emotionally—it makes you feel sad or tender. A touching video about baby hedgehogs might even make your stoic older sister cry. The adjective touching comes from a particular meaning of the verb touch, "to affect or move mentally or emotionally," from the idea that something has "touched" your mind or heart.

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   What is the meaning of touch?

   • touch, touching noun. the event of something coming in contact with the body "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air" touch, touching adjective. the act of putting two things together with no space between them "at his touch the room filled with lights" affecting, poignant, touching adjective. arousing affect

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   What is a touching story?

   • causing feelings of sympathy; making you feel sad or emotional synonym moving It was a touching story that moved many of us to tears. Definition of touching adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Where does the word touching come from?

   • The adjective touching comes from a particular meaning of the verb touch, "to affect or move mentally or emotionally," from the idea that something has "touched" your mind or heart. Your book report might describe the story you read as touching if it left you wiping away a tear. "Touching."

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   Something that is touching affects you emotionally—it makes you feel sad or tender. A touching video about baby hedgehogs might even make your stoic older sister cry.

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