touching

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touching  /ˈtə tʃɪŋ/ ? Meaning of "touching"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the event of something coming in contact with the body
  2. (n) the act of putting two things together with no space between them
  3. (adj) arousing affect

Synonym(s)

touch, affecting, poignant

Usage(s):

  1. He denied actually touching her, but photographs suggest that he came quite close.
  2. But there was something touching, if maddening, about her refusal to renounce her love for the boy at the cost of her freedom.
  3. I can't help but think that discomfort at touching other people's private parts is at play here.

Quotes

  1. "I never really had a phone call like that before. It's kind of mind-boggling. Just a few days ago I had talked to him on the phone, touching base again because we were pretty good friends at the time," Weaver said. "It was just hard to...
    on Apr 29, 2007 By: Jeff Weaver Source: SI.com

  2. "The fact that our audience is touching this content in a lot of places, it requires us to just be more entrepreneurial in how we can finance that content," said Silverman. "There are so many different partners that we have as a broadcaster...
    on Jan 15, 2009 By: Ben Silverman Source: FOXNews

  3. "It's touching to have folks remember us fondly," Romney said after voting Tuesday afternoon in Belmont.
    on Feb 5, 2008 By: Mitt Romney Source: USA Today

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