touching

touching (http://definr.com/touching)

     adj : arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages
           was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure
           forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" [syn:
            affecting, poignant]
     n 1: 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" [syn: touch]
     2: the act of putting two things together with no space between
        them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" [syn: touch]