touched
pronunciation
How to pronounce touched in British English:
UK [tʌtʃt]
How to pronounce touched in American English:
US [tʌtʃt]
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- Adjective:
- being colored slightly; sometimes used in combination
- having come into contact
- slightly insane
- emotionally affected
Word Origin
- touched (adj.)
- "stirred emotionally," mid-14c., past participle adjective from touch (v.).
Example
- 1. At times , the debate appears to have touched on conflicting objectives .
- 2. Other questions touched on the findings of the doctors who examined mr saiful .
- 3. There is a whole body of literature on this topic which is never even touched upon in traditional education .
- 4. This may seem trivial , but for mr. soong , it touched on a much deeper issue : government legitimacy .
- 5. Obviously , I can 't give the full details of each of the concepts I touched upon above , or this article would be about 8 times as long .