touched

Definition

  • adjective: having a small amount of something
  • adjective: emotionally stirred (as with gratitude)
  • usually + 'with'
  • synonyms: sick, insane, grazed

Examples

  • He was 'touched for' a run in the first inning. [=they scored a run off him in the first inning]

  • Their house burned to the ground, but the house next door wasn't 'touched' by the fire.

  • I haven't 'touched' my essay all week, and it's due this Friday!

Movie quotes

  • (..) going on?'' ''Well, she's touching me.'' So you figure you can solve it. ''Look, don't touch her anymore, OK?'' ''Yeah, but she touched me first.'' You say, ''Well, why didn't you tell her--'' Now you're talking like them. ''Why didn't you say you touched her first?'' ''l didn't touch her.'' Somebody touched her! So you say something brilliant, like, ''Look, l don't want anybody in this house to touch another person as long as you live.'' And that's why people (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself