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Touched

adjective

1.

Having come into contact.

2.

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

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

... touched me on the raw," he said, after a moment's silence. "Shall I tell you the strange, I might say the monstrous idea that has ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 • Various

... Tom's lips and scoffed at, were now fused with subtle meaning and passion. Scenes which I had condemned as awkward and heavy, became instinct with exquisite pathos. There comes a point in acting at which criticism ceases, content to wonder; this point it was clear that my love had touched. The new play was ...

— Dead Man's Rock • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... her mouth shut. The farmers and the fisherman settled themselves as far away as possible from the Twins and Melas, and nothing more was said until the boat touched the other shore, and all the passengers scrambled out upon the dock. The farmers and the fisherman and the old woman all hastened away to the marketplace, and when they reached it, they must have kept their tongues busy, for as Melas and the Twins passed through it on their way to Athens ...

— The Spartan Twins • Lucy (Fitch) Perkins

... I then entreated she would permit me in future to show her my own and my brother's letters, to which she consented. I wrote warmly to my brother against the course he had adopted. I sent my letters by sure channels; he answered me by the post, and no longer touched upon anything but family affairs. Once only he informed me that if I should write to him respecting the affairs of the day he would give me no answer. "Serve your august mistress with the unbounded devotion which is due from ...

— Marguerite de Navarre - Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre • Marguerite de Navarre

... of Wales must have wished the singer at—well, not at the Haymarket Theater; but the next minute he must have been touched by the loyal greeting that he received. When the audience grasped the situation, every one—stalls, boxes, circle, pit, gallery—stood up and cheered and cheered again. Never was there a more extraordinary scene in a playhouse—such ...

— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry

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