Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Emotionally affected; moved.
- adjective Somewhat demented or mentally unbalanced.
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- adjective Emotionally
moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). - adjective Slightly mentally deficient;
touched in the head . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
touch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
- adjective slightly insane
- adjective having come into contact
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Examples
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First Relay to see that all children actually _walk_; no running; when hands are to be touched, they _must be touched_; when erasers or handkerchiefs are dropped, they must be picked up by the ones who dropped them before proceeding with the game; if to be exchanged, they must be exchanged.
Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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They use the phrase "touched by the sun" whenever they discuss skin tone.
Backstage at Washington Shakespeare Company's 'Juno and the Paycock' 2011
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I picked up the second one on a whim, since it was next to Gura's book and the title touched upon my need to know how exactly the French philosopher's did influence the ideas of at least a couple Transcendentalists.
My Passive Aggressive Relationship with Research and my Bachelors Project The_Lex 2008
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I picked up the second one on a whim, since it was next to Gura's book and the title touched upon my need to know how exactly the French philosopher's did influence the ideas of at least a couple Transcendentalists.
Archive 2008-03-01 The_Lex 2008
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The title touched on one of my pet peeves: the equation of 'baseball' with 'major league 'baseball'.
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His name touched the fringes of his thoughts and he was immediately alert.
Web of the Romulans M. S. Murdock 1990
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Mr. Obama's deliberate use of the phrase touched off a furor, even if the basic outlines of a peace settlement remain unchanged.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DANIEL LEBLANC 2011
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Mr. Obama's deliberate use of the phrase touched off a furor, even if the basic outlines of a peace settlement remain unchanged.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DANIEL LEBLANC 2011
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The soft beauty of the Latin word touched with an enchanting touch the dark of the evening, with a touch fainter and more persuading than the touch of music or of a woman's hand.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
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The soft beauty of the Latin word touched with an enchanting touch the dark of the evening, with a touch fainter and more persuading than the touch of music or of a woman's hand.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922
jmjarmstrong commented on the word touched
JM is very touched by his new felt coat.
August 13, 2011