Emotional and Touched

Emotional

Emotional adjective - Of more than usual emotion.
Usage example: his behavior was highly emotional

Touched and emotional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Touched" instead an adjective "Emotional".

Touched

Touched adjective - Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion.
Usage example: very touched by the stranger's kindness
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Synonyms for Touched

Emotional and touched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emotional" instead an adjective "Touched".

Nearby Words: touch, touchy, touching, toucher, touchable

Both words in one sentence

  • Instead, there is one major trauma — which, when touched upon, opens up a heaving wall of repressed guilt and grief, and renders the mobster an emotional wreck for weeks.
  • Headbutt of Love Once she gets more comfortable with touching and being touched again, she sometimes clutches her forehead on Dexter's to show her emotional support.
  • Fate was a timid wreck who shivered when touched and bore incredible guilt over the death of her actual mother Precia and her emotional mother Linith.
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