The meaning of TOUCHING is capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion. How to use touching in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Touching.
/ ˈtʌtʃ.ɪŋ / Add to word list making you feel sadness, sympathy, etc.: a touching story
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.
Define touching. touching synonyms, touching pronunciation, touching translation, English dictionary definition of touching. adj. Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
Definition of touching adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If something is touching, it causes feelings of sadness or sympathy. This is a touching tale of adolescent friendship. It was a very, very touching moment.
[~ + object] to move (someone) to feel sympathy: Your kindness touched me deeply.See touching, touched below. to have to do with in any way:[~ + object; usually with a negative word or phrase] She can't touch her trust money until she's 21.
touching (comparative more touching, superlative most touching) Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
Touching refers to coming into physical contact with something, or with a part of the body. It involves the sensation experienced when an object or person contacts the skin or when one individual or object is in direct contact with another.