touching

verbadjectiveprepositionnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ//

Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

verb

1
Also a form of touchpresent participle and gerund of touch

Etymology

From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

adjective

1
Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
a touching story
2
In direct contact with.

preposition

1
Regarding; concerning.
Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge.
Every time I ascended to the deck from my watches below, I instantly gazed aft to mark if any strange face were visible ; for my first vague disquietude touching the unknown captain, now in the seclusion of the sea, became almost a perturbation.

noun

1
The act by which something is touched.
But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
2
A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Etymology

From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.

Forms

plural: touchings
comparative: more touching
superlative: most touching

touch · Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to…touchdown · A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession…touched · Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).

touching · Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

touchy · Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the…tough · Of a material, strong and resilient; sturdy.Tough · A surname.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.