touching

Meanings

• the event of something coming in contact with the body
• the act of putting two things together with no space between them
• make physical contact with, come in contact with
• perceive via the tactile sense
  • "Helen Keller felt the physical world by touching people and objects around her"
• affect emotionally
• be relevant to
• be in direct physical contact with; make contact
• have an effect upon
• deal with; usually used with a form of negation
• cause to be in brief contact with
• to extend as far as
• be equal to in quality or ability
• tamper with
• make a more or less disguised reference to
• comprehend
• consume
• color lightly
• arousing affect
  • "his gratitude was simple and touching"

Synonyms

adjoin, advert, affect, affecting, allude, bear on, bear upon, come to, concern, contact, disturb, equal, extend to, have-to doe with, impact, match, meet, partake, pertain, poignant, reach, refer, relate, rival, stir, tinct, tinge, tint, touch, touch on