English verb: touch a chord | |||
1. | touch a chord (emotion) evoke a reaction, response, or emotion | ||
Samples | This writer strikes a chord with young women. The storyteller touched a chord. | ||
Synonyms | strike a chord | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||