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[ tuhcht ] / tʌtʃt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR touched ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective(of the mind or feelings) affected with emotion; moved, especially with sympathy or gratitude: They were very touched by your generosity. slightly crazy; unbalanced: touched in the head. Origin of touchedFirst recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English; see origin at touch, -ed2 Words nearby touchedtouchback, touch base with, touch bottom, touchdown, touché, touched, touched in the head, touch football, touchhole, touching, touch-in-goal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touched“I only touched his shoulder,” the pastor told sheriffs, according to the police report. Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet she spoke of his dignity in such an insane situation and when she touched on his pain she expressed her own on his behalf. The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just why do Americans find it so hard to understand that the royals don't like to be touched?! LeBron's Touchy Feely Protocol Breach|Tom Sykes|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST My finger burned when it touched the blossom of lead embedded in the ceramic armor. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Staring at the Wall was like staring at frustration itself, and it touched an anger in me that found its way into the book. The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece|John le Carré|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST I reached out my hand to learn the truth, and touched a cold hand hanging limply over the threshold. A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter Saginaw glanced at Connie and touched his forehead significantly. Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps|James B. Hendryx The undemonstrativeness of the act, so unlike her usual volcanic energy, touched him out of prudence. The Californians|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton Quickly she touched a bell, and in the next instant the coach had stopped and the footman was at the open door. Belford's Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889|Various Farther along in this same letter Calderwell touched upon his new friend again. Miss Billy's Decision|Eleanor H. Porter
British Dictionary definitions for touched
adjective (postpositive)moved to sympathy or emotion; affected showing slight insanity Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to touchedimpressed, disturbed, affected, stirred, melted, upset, grabbed, swayed, softened, unhinged, nuts, cuckoo, obsessed, queer, batty, bizarre, bonkers, daft, eccentric, fanatic |