- 16. Distress, hurt, injure, afflict, molest.
Touch, v. n. Meet, hit, be contiguous, be in contact, abut on one another.
Touch, n.
- 1. Contact.
- 2. Feeling, tact, sense of feeling.
- 3. Power of exciting the affections.
- 4. Emotion, affection.
- 5. Stroke.
- 6. Animadversion, censure, reproof.
- 7. Stroke (with a pen, etc., or on a musical instrument).
- 8. Tinge, tincture, cast, shade, grain, smack, taste, savor, flavor, spice, dash, sprinkling, seasoning,
infusion, little, small quantity, soupçon.
- 9. Hint, suggestion, slight notice.
- 10. (Rare.) Test, criterion, touchstone, proof, assay, ordeal.
- 11. Examination, trial.
Touch at, Arrive at (without tarrying).
Touchhole, n. Vent (of a gun).
Touchiness, n. Peevishness, snappishness, testiness, irritability, irascibility, petulance, fretfulness, spleen, pettishness.
Touching, a. Affecting, moving, melting, pathetic, tender.
Touching, prep. Concerning, regarding, respecting, with regard to, with respect to, in relation to, relating to.
Touch-me-not, n. Jewel-weed, snap-weed, common balsam.