adj.

Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness. See synonyms at moving.

prep.

Concerning; about.

touchingly touch'ing·ly adv.
touchingness touch'ing·ness n.

adjective

Exciting a deep, usually somber response: affecting, impressive, moving, poignant, stirring. See touch/not touch.

adj

Definition: affecting, moving emotionally
Antonyms: unaffecting, unmoving

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the event of something coming in contact with the body
  Synonym: touch

Meaning #2: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
  Synonym: touch

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The adjective touching has one meaning:

Meaning #1: arousing affect
  Synonyms: affecting, poignant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rørende, betagende
prep. - angående

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontroerend

Français (French)
adj. - touchant, émouvant
prep. - touchant, concernant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - rührend, berührend, angrenzend
prep. - betreffs

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συγκινητικός
prep. - που αφορά

Italiano (Italian)
commovente, commuovere

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - comovente, comovedor, tocante

Русский (Russian)
трогательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - conmovedor, enternecedor, patético
prep. - tocante a, por lo que toca a, en cuanto a, acerca de

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - rörande, bevekande
prep. - beträffande, angående

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
动人的, 感人的, 令人同情的, 关于, 至于

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 動人的, 感人的, 令人同情的
prep. - 關於, 至於

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 감동 시키는, 측은한, 애처로운
prep. - ~에 관하여

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人の心を動かす, 哀れな, 感動的な
prep. - 関して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤثر (حرف جر) في ما يتعلق ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרגש, נוגע ללב‬
prep. - ‮בנוגע ל-, ביחס ל-‬

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