touching
11touching — touch|ing1 [ˈtʌtʃıŋ] adj making you feel pity, sympathy, sadness etc ▪ a touching reunion of father and son >touchingly adv →↑touch1 (4) touching 2 touching2 prep formal concerning ▪ matters touching the conduct of diplomacy …
12touching — touch|ing1 [ tʌtʃıŋ ] adjective * making you feel emotional or sympathetic, for example by being sad: a touching story/scene ╾ touch|ing|ly adverb touching touch|ing 2 [ tʌtʃıŋ ] preposition FORMAL relating to something: questions touching party… …
13touching — [[t]tʌ̱tʃɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something is touching, it causes feelings of sadness or sympathy. → See also touch Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved... It was a very, very touching moment. Syn: moving… …
14touching — 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] …
15touching — 1 adjective making you feel pity, sympathy, sadness etc: a touching reunion of father and son see also: touch 1 (6) touchingly adverb 2 preposition formal concerning: matters touching the conduct of diplomacy …
16touching — I UK [ˈtʌtʃɪŋ] / US adjective * making you feel emotional or sympathetic, for example by being sad a touching story/scene Derived word: touchingly adverb II UK [ˈtʌtʃɪŋ] / US preposition formal relating to something questions touching party… …
17touching — 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) …
18Touching — Touch Touch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Touched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Touching}.] [F. toucher, OF. touchier, tuchier; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. zucchen, zukken, to twitch, pluck, draw, G. zukken, zukken, v. intens. fr. OHG. ziohan to draw, G. ziehen,… …
19touching — adjective Provoking sadness and pity. a touching story Syn: emotional, moving, sad …
20touching — adj. Touching is used with these nouns: ↑faith, ↑moment, ↑reunion, ↑scene, ↑story, ↑tribute …
