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touching
Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
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  1. Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
  2. Provoking sadness and pity.
  3. That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
touching
Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
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  1. Eliciting or capable of eliciting sympathy or tenderness.
  2. Provoking sadness and pity.
  3. That touches the feelings; arousing tender emotion; affecting
grasping
Eager for money; greedy.
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  1. Eager for money; greedy.
  2. Eager for gain; avaricious
  3. Exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious.
seizing
That seizes the attention; impressive.
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  1. That seizes the attention; impressive.
striking
Of that which makes a strong impression.
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  1. Of that which makes a strong impression.
  2. That strikes or is on strike
  3. Very noticeable or impressive; specif., very attractive in appearance
Find another word for reaching. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reaching, like: touching, meeting, going up to, ending at, stretching, encompassing, taking in, spanning, spreading to, penetrating to and embracing.

Sentence Examples

  • She stretched and sat up, reaching for her clothes.

  • A young forest growing up under your meadows, and wild sumachs and blackberry vines breaking through into your cellar; sturdy pitch pines rubbing and creaking against the shingles for want of room, their roots reaching quite under the house.

  • Reaching the large house near the Horse Guards' barracks, in which Anatole lived, Pierre entered the lighted porch, ascended the stairs, and went in at the open door.

  • "You expect me to believe that after watching the missile attack?" she returned, reaching for the laser gun.

  • "Not hardly," said Dean, reaching for his coffee.

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