Touching

Pronunciation: /ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/

Touching (adjective)

  1. making you feel sadness or sympathy

Examples

  • The story was touching and brought tears to my eyes.
  • Her speech was touching and inspired everyone in the room.

Common collocations: touching story, touching moment, touching tribute, touching on, touching upon

Touching (preposition)

  1. related to or about something

Examples

  • We had a meeting touching the new project.
  • The book includes chapters touching various historical events.

Synonyms of Touching

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Touching

  • describing lack of emotion
  • describing emotional detachment