touched
/tʌt͡ʃt/
touched adjective: emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). Also the simple past and past participle of touch.
Adjective
touched (comparative more touched, superlative most touched)
- Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
- I was touched that he should remember my birthday.
- "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, Book 4, Chapter 1
- Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
- "Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."1913, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva M. Martin, The Idiot, Part III, Chapter IV
- All a bit touched. Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: The Lestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- retarded, touched in the head
Also used as
touched is also the simple past and past participle of touch.
touched meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
touched in Hindi
- छू लिया, स्पर्श किया, छुआ गया
touched in Tamil
- தொட்டது, தொட்டார், தொடப்பட்டது
touched in Marathi
- स्पर्श केला
touched in Urdu
- چھو لیا, چھوا گیا
More languagesFewer languages
- touched in Telugu
- తాకినది, తాకిన, తాకారు
- touched in Malayalam
- സ്പർശിച്ചു, സ്പർശിക്കപ്പെട്ടു
- touched in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದೆ, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದರು, ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಿಸಿದ
- touched in Punjabi
- ਛੋਹਿਆ, ਛੋਹਿਆ ਗਿਆ, ਛੂਹ ਲਿਆ
- touched in Gujarati
- સ્પર્શ કર્યો
- touched in Odia
- ସ୍ପର୍ଶ କଲେ, ଛୁଇଁଛି
Examples of touched in a sentence
- Sitting on the bench, the hem of her skirt touched the ground.
- I was running short, so I touched old Bertie for a fiver.
- The plane touched down long and overran the end of the runway.
Synonyms of touched
Forms of touched
| comparative | more touched |
|---|---|
| superlative | most touched |
Words formed from touched
Phrases with touched
- touched in
- touched on
- touched up
- bad touched
- touched off
- touched base
- touched down
- touched home
- touched upon
- touched wood
- touched cloth
- touched grass
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Words that rhyme with touched
Questions about touched
- What does touched mean?
- Touched means emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
- What is touched in Hindi?
- Touched in Hindi is छू लिया, स्पर्श किया, छुआ गया. See Touched meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is touched?
- Touched is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce touched?
- Touched is pronounced /tʌt͡ʃt/.
Words near touched in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: touched (page history and authors); touched (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); touched (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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