Dirty
Touch
Touch verb - To affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable.
Usage example: unfortunately, his insufferable arrogance tends to touch even the good deeds that he does
Dirty and touch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dirty" instead the word "Touch" as a verb or an adjective.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| bodies | dirty bodies | touch bodies |
Both words in one sentence
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A samurai does not present themselves as dirty or touch corpses, for example.
Source: Blood-Splattered Warrior -
Lyrics to the hit single "My Sharona" by The Knack include "Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind / I always get it up, for the touch of the younger kind".
Source: Dirty Old Man -
This brings him in touch with the Tattaglia family, and from there he becomes wholly dirty.
Source: Film / The Godfather
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