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Touched vs Grieved - What's the difference?

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Touched is a related term of grieved.


As verbs the difference between touched and grieved

is that touched is (touch) while grieved is (grieve).

As an adjective touched

is emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).

touched

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
  • * 1845 , , Book 4, Chapter 1,
    • "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.
  • * 1868 , , Part 2, Chapter 42: All Alone,
    • “If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.
  • * 1883 , , Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern,
    • “And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.
  • Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
  • * 1913 , , Part III, Chapter IV,
    • "Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."
  • * 1922 , , Episode 8: The Lestrygonians,
    • All a bit touched . Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.

    Synonyms

    * (moved) affected, emotional, moved * (slightly mentally deficient) retarded (offensive ), touched in the head

    Verb

    (head)
  • (touch)

    • grieved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (grieve)

    • Anagrams

    *

    grieve

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the conjugated forms of (etyl) .

    Verb

    (griev)
  • To cause sorrow or distress to.
  • * Bible, Eph. iv. 30
    • Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
  • * Cowper
    • The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
  • To feel very sad about; to mourn; to sorrow for.
    • to grieve one's fate
  • To experience grief.
  • (archaic) To harm.
  • To submit or file a grievance.
  • * 2009 D'Amico, Rob , Editor, Texas Teacher , published by Texas AFT (affiliate of American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO); "Austin classified employees gain due process rights", April 2009, p14:
    • Even if the executive director rules against the employee on appeal, the employee can still grieve the termination to the superintendent followed by an appeal to the [...] Board of Trustees.
    Derived terms
    * grieved * griever * grievingly
    Related terms
    * grievance * grievous * grief

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A governor of a town or province.
  • (chiefly, Scotland) A manager or steward, e.g. of a farm.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve .
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

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