touching
Something that is touching affects you emotionally—it makes you feel sad or tender. A touching video about baby hedgehogs might even make your stoic older sister cry.
The adjective touching comes from a particular meaning of the verb touch, “to affect or move mentally or emotionally,” from the idea that something has “touched” your mind or heart. Your book report might describe the story you read as touching if it left you wiping away a tear.
Definitions of touching
arousing affect
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
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synonyms:
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contact, physical contactthe act of touching physically
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dab, pat, tapa light touch or stroke
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hit, hitting, strikingthe act of contacting one thing with another
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dig, jabthe act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow
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kissa light glancing touch
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buss, kiss, osculationthe act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
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catch, grab, snap, snatchthe act of catching an object with the hands
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handling, manipulationthe action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
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fingeringtouching something with the fingers
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gropethe act of groping; and instance of groping
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palpation, tactual explorationa method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
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tickle, tickling, titillationthe act of tickling
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stroke, strokinga light touch with the hands
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tag(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
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lap, licktouching with the tongue
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grazing, shaving, skimmingthe act of brushing against while passing
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rub, wipethe act of rubbing or wiping
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contusionthe action of bruising
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crash, smashthe act of colliding with something
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fielding(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
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fair ball(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
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snicka glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
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bunt(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
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fly, fly ball(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
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ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
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header(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
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scorcher, screamera very hard hit ball
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plunk, plunker(baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly
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laying onthe act of contacting something with your hand
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smack, smoochan enthusiastic kiss
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French kiss, deep kiss, soul kissan openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other’s mouth
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fair catch(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled
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interception(American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team
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reception(American football) the act of catching a pass in football
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reboundthe act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
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shoestring catch(baseball) a running catch made near the ground
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interlock, interlocking, mesh, meshingthe act of interlocking or meshing
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ballottementa palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus)
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caressa gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
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type of:
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act, deed, human action, human activitysomething that people do or cause to happen
the event of something coming in contact with the body
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