TOUCHING meaning: Physical contact perceived by skin

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word touching:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

touching: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
touching: Merriam-Webster
touching: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
touching: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
touching: Collins English Dictionary
touching: Vocabulary.com
Touching, touching: Wordnik
touching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
touching: Wiktionary
touching: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
touching: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
touching: Infoplease Dictionary
touching: Dictionary.com
touching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Touching (Eric Alexander album), Touching (Paul Bley album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Touching: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
touching: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
touching: Rhymezone
touching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
touching: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
touching: FreeDictionary.org
touching: Mnemonic Dictionary
touching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

touching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

touching: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

touching: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
touching: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

touching: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

touching: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Touching: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
▸ adjective:  In direct contact with.
▸ noun:  The act by which something is touched.
▸ noun:  (India, in the plural) A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.

Opposite:

detached, separate, distant, disconnected, aloof

Types:

sexual, friendly, hug, pat, slap, poke, pinch, kick, kiss, more...

Phrases:

touching on, touching upon, touching down, touching off, touching base, more...

Adjectives:

most, sexual, physical, unwanted, inappropriate, mere, least, genital, actual, gentle, intentional

Colors:

soft pink, serene teal, tranquil mint, mellow yellow, more...

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