touchingness
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touchingness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being touching touchingness of her devotion * * * touchˈingness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑touch … Useful english dictionary
touchingness — noun The condition of being touching Syn: sympathy, tenderness … Wiktionary
touchingness — touch·ing·ness … English syllables
Moscow Conceptualists — The Moscow Conceptualist, or Russian Conceptualist, movement began with the Sots art of Komar and Melamid in the early 1970s, and continued as a trend in Russian art into the 1980s. It attempted to subvert socialist ideology using the strategies… … Wikipedia
touching — touchingly, adv. touchingness, n. /tuch ing/, adj. 1. affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell. 2. that touches. prep. 3. in reference or relation to; concerning; about: He wrote touching future plans. [1250 1300; TOUCH + ING2] … Universalium
touching — adjective arousing strong emotion; moving. preposition concerning. Derivatives touchingly adverb touchingness noun … English new terms dictionary
pungency — n 1. acridity, sting, acrid taste or smell; sourness, tang, tartness, bitterness, nip, acidity, vinegar; savoriness, spiciness, flavorfulness, pepperiness, saltiness. 2. poignance, pathos, touchingness, patheticalness, piteousness;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
touching — /ˈtʌtʃɪŋ / (say tuching) adjective 1. affecting; moving; pathetic. 2. that touches. –preposition 3. in reference or relation to; concerning; about. {touch + ing2} –touchingly, adverb –touchingness, noun …
touching — adj. & prep. adj. moving; pathetic (a touching incident; touching confidence). prep. literary concerning; about. Derivatives: touchingly adv. touchingness n. Etymology: ME f. TOUCH: (prep.) f. OF touchant pres. part. (as TOUCH) … Useful english dictionary
