teched

adjective

variants or tetched
Definition of techednext
as in touched

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  1. touched
  2. fey
  3. loco
  4. mad
  5. maniacal
  6. deranged
  7. demented
  8. off
Adjective
  • Our family is very touched and deeply grateful by this incredible tribute.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Still, Federer certainly had his long runs on top and touched tennis fans worldwide for more than 20 years with his shotmaking and class on and off the court.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
Definition of touched
Adjective
  • The film casts Courtenay as Norman, the devoted, slightly fey dresser to a declining Shakespearean actor (Finney) touring England during the Blitz.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
  • And the spacious rooms are fit for a man’s man like Duke Wayne, not a fey faux-cowboy like Kevin Costner – just sayin’!
    — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of fey
Adjective
  • Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2 July 2017
Definition of loco
Adjective
  • Riley has a talented veteran QB (Jayden Maiava), a strong O-line and now mad scientist Gary Patterson as defensive coordinator.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • It was worshipped as a goddess, believed to drive people mad, and even considered a realm for the dead.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Especially after a clunker of a season in 2025, superstar receiver Justin Jefferson won’t settle for anything other than maniacal attention to detail on and off the field.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • The odd thing about this choice is that, although the DSA’s platform is indeed chock-full of maniacal proposals, on this particular idea, the maniacs have a point.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of maniacal
Adjective
  • What might have been early on predictable for Kuplowsky with Kick On eventually turns wonderfully weird and deranged.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Rising antisemitic hate-crime stats suggest the proliferation of deranged bigots terrorizing the Jewish community, some who may go on to commit deadly crimes if they are not apprehended.
    — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of deranged
Adjective
  • Sánchez’s entry features industrious zombies hot on the tails of some cyclists, while Evans’ installment (the best here) deals with a demented doomsday cult.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • Moments later, Haaland suddenly made one of his almost demented charges, at Senegal’s goalkeeper.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Definition of demented
Adjective
  • The strangeness rests on the antique, out-of-time nature of the set dressing, but also in the slightly off color combinations Arnold and his team chose, and in the sense of things being hand-made, injecting the sense of A Presence into the space.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • There have been stretches of the season where scoring enough runs has felt impossible if Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber has an off day.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of off
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“Teched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teched. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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