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

  • 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

  • They use the phrase "touched by the sun" whenever they discuss skin tone.

    Backstage at Washington Shakespeare Company's 'Juno and the Paycock' 2011

  • 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

  • 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

  • The title touched on one of my pet peeves: the equation of 'baseball' with 'major league 'baseball'.

    languagehat.com: THE END OF BASEBALL IN FRENCH. 2005

  • His name touched the fringes of his thoughts and he was immediately alert.

    Web of the Romulans M. S. Murdock 1990

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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  • JM is very touched by his new felt coat.

    August 13, 2011