Tra từ touching - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
how
▪ What it must be like! How touching.
very
▪ Sentimental, yes, but ultimately very touching.
▪ The care with which Christians had treasured their Bibles, prayer books and hymn books was very touching.
▪ Such graves, despite their isolation and neglect, are very touching.
▪ There was something very touching, Ena, thought, about a kiddy with gaps.
NOUN
distance
▪ That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities.
▪ Soap opera had come to life within touching distance.
▪ I can't get near him, you know, not within touching distance.
▪ Yet the figure was still beyond touching distance.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Fox gave a touching tribute to his late father.
▪ It was touching to see them together. They were obviously still in love after thirty years of marriage.
▪ It was a touching scene when old Mr Adams received his leaving present.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He found her solicitude touching but Modigliani dismissed her, calling her a milksop.
▪ He remembered the shoulders, narrow, somehow touching.
▪ Ships steamed, highways snaked, houses clustered, all, from this height, orderly, and in their smallness touching.
▪ Suddenly the humour, the absurd, tender, touching poetry of the whole thing, made me smile.
II. preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Feingold will give evidence touching on the current case.

touching

I. touch‧ing¹ /ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: touched, untouched, touching, touchy, untouchable; noun: touch, untouchable; verb: touch; adverb: touchingly]
making you feel pity, sympathy, sadness etc:
　 ▪ a touching reunion of father and son

—touchingly adverb
⇨ touch¹(4)
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THESAURUS
causing strong feelings
▪emotional causing people to have strong feelings – used especially about experiences, speeches, or subjects that people have strong feelings about :
　 ▪ Returning home after a year in hospital was an emotional experience for Katy.
　 ▪ He gave an emotional speech at the funeral.
　 ▪ It was a very emotional moment.
　 ▪ Abortion rights is a highly emotional issue.
▪emotive used about issues or language that make people have strong feelings :
　 ▪ Fox hunting is a very emotive issue in Britain.
　 ▪ ‘Indoctrination’ is rather an emotive word.
▪moving making you feel strong feelings of sadness or sympathy :
　 ▪ Kelly’s book about her illness is deeply moving.
　 ▪ a moving film
▪touching making you feel slightly emotional – used especially when someone does something that shows how much they care about another person :
　 ▪ Your loyalty is very touching.
　 ▪ My son phoned me to wish me good luck, which was a touching gesture.
▪poignant making you feel strong feelings of sadness or pity, especially when you remember something in the past :
　 ▪ Her youthful expression is a poignant reminder of the passing of time.
▪sentimental (also schmaltzy) informal dealing with emotions such as love and sadness in a way that seems silly :
　 ▪ He found the film too sentimental.
　 ▪ a schmaltzy comedy

II. touching² preposition formal
concerning:
　 ▪ matters touching the conduct of diplomacy