touching
verboadjetivopreposiciónsustantivocorriente en diálogos
- //ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ//
Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
verbo
- 1
También una forma de touchpresent participle and gerund of touch
Etimología
From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.
adjetivo
- 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.
preposición
- 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.
sustantivo
- 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.
Etimología
From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing.
Formas
- plural
- touchings
- comparativo
- more touching
- superlativo
- most touching
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.