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touched (comparative more touched, superlative most touched)
- Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
I was touched that he should remember my birthday.
1845, Benjamin Disraeli, Sybil, Book 4, Chapter 1:"They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.
1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Chapter 42: All Alone”, in Little Women: , (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:“If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.
- 1883, Jules Verne, Mary de Hauteville (translator), The Green Ray, Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern,
- “And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.
- Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
1913, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva M. Martin, The Idiot, Part III, Chapter IV:"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."
2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 7:The girl’s face is dreamy, slow. Touched, the Irish say. Possible that she’s touched.
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touched
- simple past and past participle of touch