touched
- adjective
- /tʌtʃt/
- After listening to the heartfelt story, the audience was visibly touched.
It's it's amazing that how we're touched by people that we we never meet, right?
- It's it's amazing that how we're touched by people that we we never meet, right?
- And clearly Einstein was touched by this, was influenced by by this.
- Everyone thought it was cute and how touched and happy I was, but I was not.
- Ordinary people by and large were not were not touched as much.
Examples
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That's someone's life has been profoundly touched because of my existence.
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I just want to say how touched I am that you are all still here.
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And I, I was really touched by that.
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I am amazingly touched to hear that I am.
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Like, he's really touched by the film and touched by this experience.
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And, and I mean, he, he clearly was touched spiritually by it.
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I was deeply touched by the kindness of strangers during my difficult time.
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She felt genuinely touched when her friends organized a surprise party for her.
Synonyms
Feeling strong emotion that makes you cry
Feeling very sad or moved by something
Feeling a strong emotion because something touched your heart
Moved by something touching or exciting
Causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy
Antonyms
How Moved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Touched comes from the old verb touch, which meant to 'strike' or 'feel' with the hand. People began to use 'touch' for emotional contact, like 'touching' someone's heart, so touched now means deeply moved by feeling.