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TOUCHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
Example:
very touched by the stranger's kindness
Synonyms:
affected; moved; stirred; touched
Classified under:
Similar:
sick (deeply affected by a strong feeling)
Also:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Slightly insane
Synonyms:
fey; touched
Classified under:
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having come into contact
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
brushed (touched lightly in passing; grazed against)
grazed (scraped or touched lightly in passing)
Antonym:
untouched (not having come in contact)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb touch
Context examples:
He was touched to the heart.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
By now, you will know if you were touched because you’ve had an entire week for it to deliver its message.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Indeed, the old Witch never touched water, nor ever let water touch her in any way.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
It touched the ends of his upstanding hair.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Her heart had been but slightly touched, and her vanity was satisfied with believing that she would have been his only choice, had fortune permitted it.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Adele brought her stool to my feet; ere long she touched my knee.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
His warm regard, his kind expressions, his confidential treatment, touched her strongly.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I was stiff and lame, and cried out with pain when the bed-clothes touched my poor finger-ends.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
While he went wild with happiness when Thornton touched him or spoke to him, he did not seek these tokens.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The affected area appears red and blanches when touched.
(First-Degree Burn, NCI Thesaurus)
