touching

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃɪŋ

Verb

touching

1. Present participle of touch.

Adjective

touching (comparative more touching, superlative most touching)

1. Provoking sadness and pity.

   a touching story

Synonyms

• emotional, moving, sad

Translations

provoking sadness and pity

• Arabic: مؤثر (ar) (muʾáṯṯir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感人 (cmn) (gǎnrén), 使...感動 (cmn), 使...感動 (cmn) (shǐ...gǎndòng)

• Dutch: roerend (nl)
• Finnish: liikuttava, koskettava

• French: touchant (fr)
• German: rührend (de)
• Hungarian: megható (hu), megindító (hu)
• Japanese: 感動的な (ja) (かんどうてきな, kandōteki-na)
• Russian: трогательный (ru) (trógatel'nyj) 

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