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The meaning of TOUCHING is capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion. How to use touching in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Touching.
Touching definition: affecting; moving; pathetic. See examples of TOUCHING used in a sentence.
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.
making you feel sadness, sympathy, etc.: a touching story. The way she took care of her little sister was really touching. Synonyms. affecting formal. poignant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inspiring feelings in others. amuse.
Definition of touching adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If something is touching, it causes feelings of sadness or sympathy. This is a touching tale of adolescent friendship. It was a very, very touching moment. Synonyms: moving, affecting, sad, stirring More Synonyms of touching.
Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness. American Heritage. That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting. Webster's New World. Provoking sadness and pity. A touching story. Wiktionary. Synonyms: poignant. affecting. against. adjoining. adjacent. abutting. upon. tender. tangent. pathetic. moving. contiguous.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective touching. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
touching definition: making you feel sadness or sympathy: . Learn more.
Synonyms for TOUCHING: adjacent, neighboring, adjoining, closest, joining, bordering, close, attached; Antonyms of TOUCHING: apart, separate, single, discrete, isolated, unconnected, detached, noncontiguous.
