The action or result of affecting the mind in some way; a mental state brought about by any influence; an emotion, feeling.

As a count noun: any strong, controlling, or overpowering emotion, as desire, hate, fear, etc.; an intense feeling or impulse. Also personified. Cf…

An inner prompting or impulse; instigation or incitement from within; a desire or inclination (to or towards). Also: a stirring of the soul, an…

The condition of being emotionally affected or committed; emotion, sentiment; an instance of this, an emotion (of hope, joy, sorrow, etc.).

Feeling, sensation (physical or mental); a particular feeling, impression, or sensation. to get the feel of (originally U.S.): to become familiar…

Chiefly Scottish. An inward prompting or impulse. Chiefly in of (also by, from) one's own (proper) motive: = of one's own motion at motion, n.…

An affection of the mind, an emotion. Obsolete.

An emotion; an agitation of mind, a feeling. Obsolete. rare.

Originally: an agitation of mind; an excited mental state. Subsequently: any strong mental or instinctive feeling, as pleasure, grief, hope…

The action or an act of experiencing sorrow, joy, etc.; feeling or emotion of any kind. Also: a trace of some feeling. Frequently with of. Obsolete.

A mental feeling, an emotion. Now chiefly applied, and by psychologists sometimes restricted, to those feelings which involve an intellectual…

An emotion; the feeling characteristic of a particular circumstance or situation. Frequently with of.

figurative (of 1 and 2). Piquancy, zest.

figurative. An (unpleasant) quality or feeling deriving from and lingering on after some event; a residual sensation. Frequently with modifying…

A feeling. Obsolete. rare.