What are some opposite words for touching?

Antonyms for touching
ˈtʌtʃ ɪŋtouch·ing

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  1. touchingadjective

    Synonyms:
    emotional, moving, sad

  2. touchingadjective

    Provoking sadness and pity.

    a touching story

    Synonyms:
    emotional, sad, moving

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  1. touching

    Pitiful originally signified full of pity; as, "the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy," James v, 11; but this usage is now archaic, and the meaning in question is appropriated by such words as merciful and compassionate. Pitiful and pitiable now refer to what may be deserving of pity, pitiful being used chiefly for that which is merely an object of thought, pitiable for that which is brought directly before the senses; as, a pitiful story; a pitiable object; a pitiable condition. Since pity, however, always implies weakness or inferiority in that which is pitied, pitiful and pitiable are often used, by an easy transition, for what might awaken pity, but does awaken contempt; as, a pitiful excuse; he presented a pitiable appearance. Piteous is now rarely used in its earlier sense of feeling pity, but in its derived sense applies to what really excites the emotion; as, a piteous cry. Compare HUMANE; MERCY; PITY.

    Antonyms:
    august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior

    Synonyms:
    abject, base, contemptible, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, woful, wretched

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  1. touching

    Synonyms:
    affecting, tender, moving, pathetic

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  1. touch, touchingnoun

    the event of something coming in contact with the body

    "he longed for the touch of her hand"; "the cooling touch of the night air"

    Antonyms:
    unmoving

    Synonyms:
    jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touch, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact

  2. touch, touchingadjective

    the act of putting two things together with no space between them

    "at his touch the room filled with lights"

    Antonyms:
    unmoving

    Synonyms:
    jot, cutaneous senses, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touch, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, soupcon, speck, hint, trace, feeling, pinch, mite, tinge, ghost, spot, tactile sensation, contact

  3. affecting, poignant, touchingadjective

    arousing affect

    "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching"

    Antonyms:
    unmoving

    Synonyms:
    affecting, poignant

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  1. touchingadjective

    Synonyms:
    pathetic, affecting, moving, tender

  2. touchingprep

    Synonyms:
    respecting, concerning, regarding

How to use touching in a sentence?

  1. Speaker McCarthy:

    So here is our plan: In the coming weeks, the House will vote on the bill to lift the debt ceiling into the next year, save taxpayers trillions of dollars, make us less dependent on China, curb our inflation, all without touching social security and Medicare.

  2. Dustin Johnson:

    I'm a lot longer than I thought I could ever be again, i'm touching numbers that I did 15 years ago. So that's cool.

  3. Mark NeJame:

    Hey, you touching me? Stop touching me.

  4. Gregory Nunn:

    The most touching epitaph I ever encountered was on the tombstone of the printer of Edinburgh. It said simply: He kept down the cost and set the type right.

  5. Paul Byrne:

    Thats quite encouraging, its hard to explain that its not rock and water touching.

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