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touchingadjective having a border in commontouching lots in the housing development will eventually be separated by hedges for privacy abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, flanking, flush, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, verging approximate, close, closest, immediate, near, nearby, nearest, next-door, nighattached, communicating, connected, connecting, interconnecting, joined, linked, unitedbounding, circumjacent, embracing, encircling, enclosing(also inclosing), fencing, rimming, surroundingmarginal, peripheral, tangent, tangentialambient, encompassing nonadjacent, noncontiguous apart, detached, disconnected, discrete, free-standing, isolate, isolated, removed, separate, single, unattached, unconnected, unlinkedaway, distant, far, faraway, far-off, farthest, remotediscontinuous, noncontinuousbroken up, disjoined, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, ramified, resolved, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unyoked having the power to affect the feelings or sympathiesa touching movie about two lost animals who try to find their way home affecting, emotional, impactful, impressive, moving, poignant, stirring eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significantdemonstrative, excitable, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitiveexciting, inspirational, provoking, rousing, stimulatingdramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical(also theatric)cathartic unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive cold, cool, detached, dispassionate, emotionlessdeadpan touchingprepositionhaving to do withthere has been an objection touching the last of the proposed new bylaws about, apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for, as regards(also as respects), as to, concerning, of, on, regarding, respecting, toward(or towards) over in regard to, in respect to, in view of, with regard to, with respect to touchingverbpresent participle of touchto come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skinbe careful not to touch this pan—it's still hot feeling caressing, embracing, fingering, fondling, hugging, kissing, lipping, nosing, nudging, nuzzling, pawing, rubbing, strokingpalpating, palpingbrushing, grazing, shaving, skimmingclasping, clenching, clinging (to), clutching, grasping, gripping, handling, holding, palmingchucking, clapping, dabbing, flicking, patting, tagging, tapping, tippinghitting, knocking, pounding, rapping, whacking to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a responseyour speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply affecting, impacting, impressing, influencing, moving, reaching, striking, swaying, telling (on) carrying away, dazzling, enrapturing, enthralling, entrancing, ravishing, transportingbiasing(or biassing), coloringinspiring, stirringengaging, interesting, involving, penetrating, piercingafflicting, agitating, bothering, concerning, discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, flustering, harassing, harrying, perturbing, pestering, plaguing, smiting, straining, stressing, troubling, trying, upsetting, worrying, wringingalluring, attracting, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, fascinating getting to boring, jading, palling, tiring, wearyingunderwhelming to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirableunfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does blemishing, darkening, marring, poisoning, spoiling, staining, tainting, tarnishing, vitiating begriming, besmearing, besmirching, blackening, blurring, clouding, dirtying, discoloring, polluting, smearing, smirching, smudging, smutting, soiling, sullying, tarringabasing, cheapening, debasing, degrading, demeaning, discrediting, disgracing, dishonoring, fouling, lowering, shaming, sinkingbastardizing, corrupting, debauching, demoralizing, depraving, perverting, subvertingcoloring, distorting, twisting cleansing, purifyingdignifying, elevating, ennobling, enshrining, glorifying, hallowing, magnifying, uplifting to be adjacent toour property touches theirs right where that big elm tree is abutting, adjoining, bordering (on), butting (on or against), flanking, fringing, joining, marching (with), neighboring, skirting, verging (on) attaching (to), communicating (with), connecting (with), linking (with)bounding, embracing, encircling, enclosing(also inclosing), fencing, lining, margining, rimming, surroundingcontacting, converging, meeting to be the business or affair ofI don't think this decision touches you, so butt out affecting, concerning, involving appertaining (to), applying (to), bearing (on), pertaining (to), referring (to), relating (to)embroiling, ensnaring, entangling, implicating adj.moving, impressive, poignant, affecting, touching, pathetic mean having the power to produce deep emotion.moving may apply to any strong emotional effect including thrilling, agitating, saddening, or calling forth pity or sympathy.a moving appeal for contributions impressive implies compelling attention, admiration, wonder, or conviction.an impressive list of achievements poignant applies to what keenly or sharply affects one's sensitivities.a poignant documentary on the homeless affecting is close to moving but most often suggests pathos.an affecting deathbed reunion touching implies arousing tenderness or compassion.the touching innocence in a child's eyes pathetic implies moving to pity or sometimes contempt.pathetic attempts to justify misconduct in the 14th century |