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touch
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of TOUCH
1
to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin <be careful not to touch this pan—it's still hot>
Synonyms feel
2
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response <your speech on the true meaning of patriotism touched me deeply>
Related Words carry away, dazzle, enrapture, entrance, enthrall (or enthral), ravish, transport; bias, color; inspire, stir; engage, interest, involve, penetrate, pierce; afflict, agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fluster, harass, harry, perturb, pester, plague, smite, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry, wring; allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate
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to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable <unfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does>
Related Words begrime, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blur, cloud, dirty, discolor, pollute, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, soil, sully, tar; abase, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, lower, shame, sink; bastardize, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, subvert; color, distort, twist
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