• IPA: /ˈtʌtʃɪŋ/

1. present participle of touch#English|touch

touching

1. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.

   a touching story

• emotional, moving, sad

• French: touchant
• German: rührend
• Portuguese: tocante
• Russian: тро́гательный
• Spanish: enternecedor, conmovedor

1. (archaic) Regarding; concerning.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ↗:

     Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge.

• about, apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

touching (plural touchings)

1. The act by which something is touched.
2. (India, in the plural) A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment.