TOUCH A CHORD

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does touch a chord mean? 

• TOUCH A CHORD (verb)
  The verb TOUCH A CHORD has 1 sense:

1. evoke a reaction, response, or emotion

  Familiarity information: TOUCH A CHORD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOUCH A CHORD (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

strike a chord; touch a chord

Context example:

The storyteller touched a chord

Hypernyms (to "touch a chord" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

There was always something in her modest voice that seemed to touch a chord within me, answering to that sound alone.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)