A feeling is an emotion, such as anger or happiness.
It gave me a feeling of satisfaction. [+ of]
Strong feelings of pride welled up in me.
I think our main feeling would be of an immense gratitude.
He was unable to contain his own destructive feelings.
Synonyms: emotion, sentiment More Synonyms of feeling
2. plural noun [oft with poss]
Your feelings about something are the things that you think and feel about it, or your attitude towards it.
Everyone knows what my feelings are on that. [+ about]
I have also begun to reassess my own feelings about being a woman.
I think that sums up the feelings of most discerning and intelligent Indians. [+ of]
He made no real secret of his feelings to his friends.
Synonyms: opinion, view, attitude, belief More Synonyms of feeling
3. plural noun [usually poss NOUN]
When you refer to someone's feelings, you are talking about the things that might embarrass, offend, or upset them. For example, if you hurt someone's feelings, you upset them by something that you say or do.
He was afraid of hurting my feelings.
He has no respect, no regard for anyone's feelings.
What about my feelings?
4. uncountable noun
Feeling is a way of thinking and reacting to things which is emotional and not planned rather than logical and practical.
He was prompted to a rare outburst of feeling.
...a voice that trembles with feeling.
Synonyms: passion, heat, emotion, intensity More Synonyms of feeling
5. uncountable noun
Feeling for someone is love, affection, sympathy, or concern for them.
Thomas never lost his feeling for Harriet. [+ for]
It's incredible that Peter can behave with such stupid lack of feeling.
Synonyms: ardour, love, care, affection More Synonyms of feeling
6. countable noun
If you have a feeling of hunger, tiredness, or other physical sensation, you experience it.
I also had a strange feeling in my neck.
Focus on the feeling of relaxation.
He experienced feelings of claustrophobia from being in a small place. [+ of]
Synonyms: sensation, sense, impression, awareness More Synonyms of feeling
7. uncountable noun
Feeling in part of your body is the ability to experience the sense of touch in this partof the body.
After the accident he had no feeling in his legs.
Synonyms: sense of touch, sense, perception, sensation More Synonyms of feeling
8. countable noun [oft NOUN that]
If you have afeelingthat something is the case or that something is going to happen, you think that is probably the case or that it is probably going to happen.
I have a feeling that everything will come right for us one day.
You have a feeling about people, and I just felt she was going to be good. [+ about]
Synonyms: impression, idea, sense, notion More Synonyms of feeling
9. uncountable noun [oft NOUN that]
Feeling is used to refer to a general opinion that a group of people has about something.
There is still some feeling in the art world that the market for such works may bedeclining.
It seemed that anti-Fascist feeling was not being encouraged.
10. singular noun
If you have a feeling of being in a particular situation, you feel that you are in that situation.
I had the terrible feeling of being left behind to bring up the baby while he hadfun. [+ of]
11. singular noun
If you have a feeling for something, you have an understanding of it or a natural ability to do it.
Try to get a feeling for the people who live here.
You seem to have a feeling for drawing.
12. singular noun
If something such as a place or book creates a particular kind of feeling, it creates a particular kind of atmosphere.
That's what we tried to portray in the book, this feeling of opulence and grandeur. [+ of]
13. See also feel
14.
See bad feeling/ill feeling
15.
See hard feelings
16.
See I know the feeling
17.
See have mixed feelings about sth
pragmatics note: feelingsIn this dictionary, the label feelings indicates that you use the word or expression to show how you feel about a situation,a person, or a thing. An example of a word with this label is unfortunately.
More Synonyms of feeling
feeling in British English
(ˈfiːlɪŋ)
noun
1.
the sense of touch
2.
a.
the ability to experience physical sensations, such as heat, pain, etc
b.
the sensation so experienced
3.
a state of mind
4.
a physical or mental impression
a feeling of warmth
5.
fondness; sympathy
to have a great deal of feeling for someone
6.
an ability to feel deeply
a person of feeling
7.
a sentiment
a feeling that the project is feasible
8.
an impression or mood; atmosphere
the feeling of a foreign city
9.
an emotional disturbance, esp anger or dislike
a lot of bad feeling about the increase in taxes
10.
intuitive appreciation and understanding
a feeling for words
11.
sensibility in the performance of something
12. (plural)
emotional or moral sensitivity, as in relation to principles or personal dignity (esp in the phrase hurt or injure the feelings of)
13. have feelings for
adjective
14.
sentient; sensitive
15.
expressing or containing emotion
16.
warm-hearted; sympathetic
Derived forms
feelingly (ˈfeelingly)
adverb
feeling in American English
(ˈfilɪŋ)
adjective
1.
full of or expressing emotion or sensitivity; sympathetic
noun
2.
that one of the senses by which sensations of contact, pressure, temperature, and pain are transmitted through the skin; sense of touch
3.
the power or faculty of experiencing physical sensation
4.
an awareness; consciousness; sensation
a feeling of pain
5.
a.
emotion or sensitivity
singing with feeling
b.
an emotion
6. [pl.]
the power or faculty of experiencing emotions and subjective responses
to hurt someone's feelings
7.
a kindly, generous attitude; sympathy; pity
8.
a.
an opinion or sentiment
a feeling that he is honest
b.
a premonition
a feeling that we will win
9.
an impression or emotional quality; air; atmosphere
the lonely feeling of the city at night
10.
a natural ability or sensitive appreciation
a feeling for music
11.
the emotional quality in a work of art
SYNONYMY NOTE: feel verb transitive, when unqualified in the context, refers to any of the subjective reactions, pleasantor unpleasant, that one may have to a situation and usually connotes an absence ofreasoning [I can't trust my own feelings]; emotion implies an intense feeling with physical as well as mental manifestations [her breast heaved with emotion]; passion refers to a strong or overpowering emotion, connoting especially sexual love or intenseanger; , sentiment applies to a feeling, often a tender one, accompanied by some thought or reasoning[what are your sentiments in this matter?]
Derived forms
feelingly (ˈfeelingly)
adverb
Word origin
ME feling: see feel & -ing
COBUILD Collocations
feeling
deep feeling
fantastic feeling
horrible feeling
intense feeling
negative feelings
nice feeling
positive feeling
romantic feelings
strong feeling
unbelievable feeling
uncomfortable feeling
uneasy feeling
weird feeling
Examples of 'feeling' in a sentence
feeling
Being back home is a great feeling.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She says she loves the feeling of being on the dancefloor.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Do you get the same feeling in this country?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They can provide people with the feeling that they are privy to secret knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Talk to him about how you feel and ask him about his feelings.
The Sun (2016)
That is why he let his players know his feelings at the interval.
The Sun (2017)
The censorship aims to stop feelings being hurt.
The Sun (2016)
So to have a statue now is an incredible feeling.
The Sun (2016)
There's such a good feeling about the place.
The Sun (2016)
I'd had enough of the bad feeling between us.
The Sun (2016)
She has trouble expressing feelings and emotions.
The Sun (2015)
The depth of love feelings is more surprising.
The Sun (2009)
You can set aside your feelings for the people involved and get a fair cash deal.
The Sun (2014)
The general feeling was that such objects "belonged "there.
I have a feeling that ... 我有种(種)感觉(覺) ... (wǒ yǒu zhǒng gǎnjué ... )
my feeling is that ... 我的感觉(覺)是 ... (wǒ de gǎnjué shì ... )
bad or ill feeling反感 (fǎngǎn)
to hurt sb's feelings伤(傷)害某人的感情 (shānghài mǒurén de gǎnqíng)
Derived Forms
feelingsn pl
(= attitude) 看法 (kànfǎ)
(= emotions) 情感 (qínggǎn) : feelings were running high群情激愤(憤) (qúnqíng jīfèn) , what are your feelings about the matter?你对(對)这(這)事的看法是什么(麼)？ (nǐ duì zhèshì de kànfǎ shì shénme?)
Seefelt
All related terms of 'feeling'
feel
( touch : object, face ) 摸 mō ⇒ Eric felt his face. "Am I bleeding?" → 埃里克摸着自己的脸。"我在流血吗？" Āilǐkè mōzhe zìjǐ de liǎn."Wǒ zài liúxiě ma?"
bad or ill feeling
反感 fǎngǎn
my feeling is that ...
我的感觉(覺)是 ... wǒ de gǎnjué shì ...
the feeling is mutual
有同感 yǒu tónggǎn
I'm still feeling my way
我仍然在摸索前进(進) wǒ réngrán zài mōsuǒ qiánjìn
are you feeling any better?
你感觉(覺)稍好一点(點)吗(嗎)？ nǐ gǎnjué shāohǎo yīdiǎn ma?
I have a feeling that ...
我有种(種)感觉(覺) ... wǒ yǒu zhǒng gǎnjué ...
feel for
( grope for ) 摸索着(著)找 mōsuǒzhe zhǎo ⇒ I felt for my wallet. → 我摸索着找我的钱包。 Wǒ mōsuǒzhe zhǎo wǒ de qiánbāo.
I can't help feeling sorry for him
我情不自禁地同情他 wǒ qíng bù zì jīn de tóngqíng tā
"how are you feeling?" — "much the same"
"你感觉(覺)怎么(麼)样(樣)？" "几(幾)乎没(沒)变(變)" "nǐ gǎnjué zěnme yàng? " "jīhū méi biàn"