Meaning

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

    a touching story

    rührend, anrührend, ergreifend

    тро́гательныйtrógatelʹnyj

    звору́шливийzvorúšlyvyj

  2. In direct contact with.

More definitions
  • arousing affect

Examples

172 sentences
  1. I don't want you touching my stuff.

    Я не хочу, щоб ви торкалися моїх речей. — deniko

    ruЯ не хочу, чтобы ты трогал мои вещи. — sharptoothed

  2. Quit touching me.

    Припини мене торкатися. — deniko

    ruПерестань трогать меня. — Katie_Yves

    deHör auf, mich zu begrabbeln! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. What a touching story!

    Яка зворушлива історія! — deniko

    ruКакая трогательная история! — marafon

  4. I don't like people touching me.

    ruЯ не люблю, когда меня трогают. — Wezel

  5. Your dress is touching the wet paint.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
provoking sadness and pity:
Русский
By meaning 1
provoking sadness and pity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
provoking sadness and pity:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more touching, most touching
Comparativemore touching Lesson
Superlativemost touching Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
provoking sadness:emotionalB1movingB2sadA1
in direct contact with:pertingentjuxtacrine
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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