touched
- 1Simple past and past participle of touch. Use this form for something that already happened.
He touched the wet paint by accident.
The waves touched the shore just before dawn.
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- 2Feeling warm emotion because someone was kind or did something moving.
Like the warm feeling in your heart when a friend remembers your birthday.
She was touched by the children's handmade cards.
He felt touched when his old friends showed up to help him move.
Oppositeunmoved, unaffected, indifferent
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- 3Acting strange or not quite right in the mind.
Like someone whose thinking doesn't quite work the usual way.
The kids thought the old hermit was a little touched.
She talked to people who weren't there, and neighbors called her touched.
Similarcrazy, unbalanced, eccentric, dotty, batty
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Showing meanings only.
touched is a form of touch
touch, verb: To put your hand, finger, or something you are holding against someone or something. Full entry
- Spelling
- touch → touched: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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