touched

I

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Having been in slight contact]

Syn. fingered, nudged, used, brushed, handled, rubbed, stroked, rearranged, kissed, grazed, licked, tasted, fondled.

2. [Affected]

Syn. moved, impressed, stirred; see affected 1 .

3. [Slightly insane]

Syn. odd, eccentric, peculiar, neurotic, obsessed, fanatic, queer, bizarre, unhinged, singular, flighty, moonstruck, daft, giddy, nutty*, screwy*, tetched*, pixilated*; see also insane 1 .

Ant. sane*, sound, normal.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. moved affected, stirred, impressed, shaken, disturbed, softened.

2. demented unbalanced, unstable, crazy, *nuts, insane, cuckoo, non compos mentis, mentally ill, mad, deranged.

ANT.: 1. unaffected, stony. 2. sane, competent

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British: crackers. Law: non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See SANE.