"touched" meaning in English

See touched in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tʌt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-touched.ogg [US] Forms: more touched [comparative], most touched [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃt Head templates: {{en-adj}} touched (comparative more touched, superlative most touched)
  1. Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). Synonyms (moved): affected, emotional, moved Translations (moved): трогнат (trognat) (Bulgarian), развълнуван (razvǎlnuvan) (Bulgarian), 感動 (Chinese Mandarin), 感动 (gǎndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), ontroerd (Dutch), liigutatud (Estonian), puudutatud (Estonian), liikuttunut (Finnish), ému (French), bewegt (German), נפעם (nifʿam) (Hebrew), commosso (Italian), poruszony (Polish), wzruszony (Polish), rörd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-touched-en-adj-fJ-u3i3v Disambiguation of 'moved': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'moved': 98 2
  2. Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head. Synonyms (slightly mentally deficient): retarded [offensive], touched in the head
    Sense id: en-touched-en-adj-xKWSuD7O Disambiguation of 'slightly mentally deficient': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: untouched

Verb

IPA: /tʌt͡ʃt/ Audio: en-us-touched.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} touched
  1. simple past and past participle of touch Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: touch
    Sense id: en-touched-en-verb-rDC8jYQu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 30 57

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