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Definition of feeling in English: feelingnoun ˈfiːlɪŋˈfilɪŋ 1An emotional state or reaction. Example sentencesExamples - He seemed shocked for a second but that emotion was soon taken over by the much stronger feeling of pain.
- Because it makes good evolutionary sense to get this feeling in your body when you're looking at the horror film.
- The strong feeling of love and the longing to commit is perfectly conveyed in marriage.
- How can anger, or any other emotion or feeling, get someone to go against what they have deliberately resolved on doing?
- While he denies he has a chip on his shoulder, this gut class feeling is a strong motivation behind his desire for success.
- It's there, this feeling, so strong it suffocates me with every breath I take.
- That bad feeling was getting stronger and I was beginning to be angry.
- If showing our emotions leaves us feeling exposed and vulnerable, then why do it?
- She felt a burden lifting off her shoulders and smiled at the carefree feeling that permeated her senses.
- And if you fell in love with me so long ago it only makes this feeling stronger, right?
- There are so many in our price range we soon experienced the old familiar feeling of bewilderment bordering on mania.
- The April sun seemed to stir in him a vague feeling that he could not construe.
- At the end of it all, though, there is a vague feeling of disquiet.
- We have all experienced that sickening feeling when you know you no longer have control of the vehicle you are driving.
- One can be gripped by a vague feeling of claustrophobia, as if entering an underground tomb.
- Most of them possess no souls and an inhuman ability to disregard all forms of emotion and feeling.
- So strong was this feeling I went out and bought two dresses that day.
- We wanted them to know what it felt like, so that they will never want to experience that feeling ever again.
- There is always a vague feeling of inertia, a longing to go back to a country they have never seen.
- My strong gut feeling is that she wants you to break up with her, or she wants to prepare you for impending breakup.
Synonyms love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment passion, ardour, desire, lust, infatuation adulation, adoration, reverence, devotion compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, care, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, tenderness, love, brotherly love pity, sorrow, commiseration, condolences - 1.1feelings The emotional side of someone's character; emotional responses or tendencies to respond.
I don't want to hurt her feelings Example sentencesExamples - But you should turn those feelings of pity into feelings of rampant envy.
- All of our feelings, beliefs and actions are based on our thoughts.
- He still frightens me a little, because I know nothing about him, yet my feelings have only grown stronger.
- The poems demonstrated a range of feelings and ideas about bullying, from where to go if you are being bullied to how bullies feel.
- With each passing day, the urge to tell him of my feelings grows stronger.
- It engenders feelings of belief in what can be achieved.
- There were lots of feelings and ideas and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.
- It made our feelings grow stronger for each other and from then on we became more physical.
- Meg Sheppard ran from spotlight to spotlight chanting various adjectives in an effort to explain her ideas and feelings.
- Personal feelings and opinions are considered and respected.
- She would like to use this forum as an opportunity to share her feelings and opinions and exchange views on the outcome of the elections.
- Those feelings had only grown stronger since he'd come to the university.
- I could not help but love that quality about her and it only added to my feelings that were growing stronger each day.
- Sneers and bad feelings had grown stronger at Kat's slight improvement in mood.
- Exchanging information, ideas, feelings with other humans is not a matter of convenience, it's a search for the deepest rewards.
- Contrary to popular opinion exploring feelings does not make one weak.
- You've changed a lot since then, and my feelings have only grown stronger.
- Like you said, there are so many things to think about, and even more thoughts, feelings and ideas that go into what I do.
- As the years began to pass, these feelings only grew stronger as he got to know her.
- When we read about the 1980s, what ideas, actions, feelings might be present that are distinctive to the time?
Synonyms sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride emotions, passions, sentiments - 1.2mass noun Strong emotion.
‘God bless you!’ she said with feeling Example sentencesExamples - The whole show was precise and mathematical, but full of subtle light, warmth and feeling.
- Do these schools have any idea of the feelings of revulsion a statement like that on their websites provokes?
- He was still the quiet type, but in a confidant way, and you could sense the depth of feeling between them.
- Often you sense the underlying feeling of hostility among certain people working in the tourism trade.
- All that feeling, emotion and fantasizing was wrapped up in a crude Marxist politics.
- It is hard not to be affected by the songs when the lyrics and vocals carry such a genuine sense of feeling.
- This is a production created and played with great care and feeling, whose warmth will brighten any winter.
- It was like they were puppets or something of that sort, void of any feeling, any emotion, any life.
- At any rate, because of that feeling, it pains me somewhat to bring up this.
- For Radhika art is not a handicraft, but the transmission of feeling she has experienced.
- Silence, when used appropriately and in context, will add emotion and feeling to the video.
- His acting roles are typically all over the range, but usually have a sense of feeling to them.
- It all feels so lacking in genuine feeling, genuine emotion, genuine interest.
- You couldn't imagine the warmth of this feeling if you had not been close to them.
- He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
- Notice where the feelings are coming from and focus on how good it is to experience that feeling again.
- Competing at the world level gives me the opportunity to experience that feeling.
2An idea or belief, especially a vague or irrational one. with clause he had the feeling that he was being watched Example sentencesExamples - I had a vague feeling that we were kind of heading in that direction in our relationship, but I had expected him to say it first.
- At first after my trip to Vietnam, I really did have a real strong feeling that he would answer.
- When the Hoopers joined us I had a very strong feeling that they would go onto to achieve great things.
- I have a vague feeling that these different kinds and genres of rants will keep coming and going as this post progresses.
- I had a very strong feeling that if I moved into one particular flat my life would change dramatically.
- Being right then is not a matter of having some recognizable state of mind, a sense or feeling of certainty.
- The search for new ideas stems from a feeling that things are running out of control.
- As I walked down the half-busy streets to work this morning, I could sense the unnerving feeling that people had.
- I have a feeling that in his opinion this ought to be done by the industry's representatives because they know the facts.
- The enterprise seems foolhardy, and Stewart does not justify it beyond a vague feeling that he wants adventure.
- I had a very strong feeling that there was someone or something in the cave with me.
- Sometimes, I just have a feeling that an idea is going to work, but Charlie wants to know why.
- You may have experienced that uncanny feeling of impending success.
- Throughout, there is a feeling that ideas are floating about in the same way that the characters do.
Synonyms suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding idea, vague idea, impression informal gut feeling, feeling in one's bones, funny feeling, sixth sense - 2.1 An attitude or opinion.
a feeling grew that justice had not been done if you have strong feelings about the proposal, you should contact the Office at once Example sentencesExamples - I didn't have a real strong feeling about anything until I started playing music.
- They show a high respect for the feelings and beliefs of others.
- It illustrates how our society is unravelling, through the substitution of irrational feelings for demonstrable facts.
- There is then this strong feeling that if one is not actively involved in corruption, one is not corrupt.
- The same feeling had been experienced by Russian intellectuals in 1917.
- I won't reveal to you my feelings about such an idea (although I'm sure you can imagine).
- Businesses want dynamic, new and fresh ideas but my feelings are that a 20-year-old is unlikely to want to stay with one company.
- There's a strong general feeling among our members that consumers are not receptive to milk from cloned cows.
- He saw more clearly than any of these other guys how strong that feeling was.
- Far from being merely functional, it engages with the ideas and feelings of the people who see it around the world.
- Then, although he belongs to his society, he changes it, presenting it with fresh feelings, fresh ideas.
- That's the trouble with feelings - they are irrational and highly personal.
- It is a state of mind, a feeling, an attitude that can be worn like a shamrock on a lapel.
- When you are fifty, you constantly have this strong feeling that you are wasting your time.
- I want you to listen what he said, what his sense, what his feeling is right now.
- So going back to your opening remark, if people are willing to share this information with me, then I will do something with it, but all I get are very vague feelings.
Synonyms sentiment, emotion, emotional state opinion, attitude, belief ideas, views opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, hunch, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view
3mass noun The capacity to experience the sense of touch. a loss of feeling in the hands Example sentencesExamples - The disease leaves her with pain, loss of feeling and a burning sensation in her hands meaning she cannot drive for any length of time.
- He said as a result, the man had suffered nerve and tendon damage, and lost feeling and sensitivity in his hand.
- Jack wasn't sure if he was going blind, or just crazy, but he lost all feeling, all sense.
- He said he was in intense pain and losing feeling in his legs and his doctor recommended a private clinic.
- For a prosthetic heel to be successful it would need to be covered in skin which has feeling and sensation.
Synonyms sensory faculty, sensation, perception - 3.1 The sensation of touching or being touched by a particular thing.
the feeling of the water against your skin Example sentencesExamples - By tactile sensation, I mean that feeling that you get that lets you know where your arms are with your eyes closed.
- The churning feeling of pain gurgled up through his body as he tried to sit up.
- My hand glowed with that bright light, and a fuzzy warm feeling came into my fingers.
- I trust what I feel, and my intuition and the feeling that comes from sound and from sight.
- The effect of this long anticipated encounter reminded her of that light, numb feeling often experienced in dreams.
- Remember how it feels on deck because you want the same feeling in the water.
- The cold feeling of slowly moving water slid over her, until there was only darkness.
- Besides the comfortable feeling of water running down the throat, water plays a vital role in the human body.
- I had a vague feeling of movement and then pain crashed through me as I hit something really hard.
- It's about communicating as we normally communicate with voice and sight and touch and feeling.
- A young child paddles in the sea for the first time, fascinated by the pleasant feeling of the water.
Synonyms touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands
4feeling forA sensitivity to or intuitive understanding of. she says I have a feeling for medicine Example sentencesExamples - The singer has an even, rounded tone, an apposite feeling for ornament and an ability to phrase with sprightly elegance.
- I think it's permissible, after working on your favourite virus for over 20 years, to develop some sort of feeling for it.
Synonyms aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination head, mind, brain informal know-how
adjective ˈfiːlɪŋˈfilɪŋ Showing emotion or sensitivity. Synonyms sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful emotional, demonstrative, passionate, fiery archaic sensible
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - No matter how much you may protest that you're a poet, not a web-designer, your better feelings take charge and off you go, fiddling here, examining there, investigating and validating until the fault has gone away.
- Despite all my better feelings and all the desire to see through this particular hype, I couldn't help myself.
- I keep reading him in spite of my better feelings.
Derivatives adjective The rugby playing feelingless bloke is now the outsider. Example sentencesExamples - He was royal, commanding, feelingless, fearless.
- Brandon answered but he sounded so feelingless, so monotone.
- And soon I'm sure I would feel fondness towards him, so it was not exactly feelingless.
Rhymes appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling Definition of feeling in US English: feelingnounˈfilɪŋˈfēliNG 1An emotional state or reaction. Example sentencesExamples - We wanted them to know what it felt like, so that they will never want to experience that feeling ever again.
- He seemed shocked for a second but that emotion was soon taken over by the much stronger feeling of pain.
- While he denies he has a chip on his shoulder, this gut class feeling is a strong motivation behind his desire for success.
- There are so many in our price range we soon experienced the old familiar feeling of bewilderment bordering on mania.
- How can anger, or any other emotion or feeling, get someone to go against what they have deliberately resolved on doing?
- It's there, this feeling, so strong it suffocates me with every breath I take.
- Because it makes good evolutionary sense to get this feeling in your body when you're looking at the horror film.
- One can be gripped by a vague feeling of claustrophobia, as if entering an underground tomb.
- So strong was this feeling I went out and bought two dresses that day.
- Most of them possess no souls and an inhuman ability to disregard all forms of emotion and feeling.
- We have all experienced that sickening feeling when you know you no longer have control of the vehicle you are driving.
- If showing our emotions leaves us feeling exposed and vulnerable, then why do it?
- That bad feeling was getting stronger and I was beginning to be angry.
- My strong gut feeling is that she wants you to break up with her, or she wants to prepare you for impending breakup.
- She felt a burden lifting off her shoulders and smiled at the carefree feeling that permeated her senses.
- There is always a vague feeling of inertia, a longing to go back to a country they have never seen.
- And if you fell in love with me so long ago it only makes this feeling stronger, right?
- The strong feeling of love and the longing to commit is perfectly conveyed in marriage.
- At the end of it all, though, there is a vague feeling of disquiet.
- The April sun seemed to stir in him a vague feeling that he could not construe.
Synonyms love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, care, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, tenderness, love, brotherly love - 1.1feelings The emotional side of someone's character; emotional responses or tendencies to respond.
I don't want to hurt her feelings Example sentencesExamples - It made our feelings grow stronger for each other and from then on we became more physical.
- I could not help but love that quality about her and it only added to my feelings that were growing stronger each day.
- Exchanging information, ideas, feelings with other humans is not a matter of convenience, it's a search for the deepest rewards.
- All of our feelings, beliefs and actions are based on our thoughts.
- When we read about the 1980s, what ideas, actions, feelings might be present that are distinctive to the time?
- Meg Sheppard ran from spotlight to spotlight chanting various adjectives in an effort to explain her ideas and feelings.
- Personal feelings and opinions are considered and respected.
- With each passing day, the urge to tell him of my feelings grows stronger.
- Those feelings had only grown stronger since he'd come to the university.
- Contrary to popular opinion exploring feelings does not make one weak.
- The poems demonstrated a range of feelings and ideas about bullying, from where to go if you are being bullied to how bullies feel.
- She would like to use this forum as an opportunity to share her feelings and opinions and exchange views on the outcome of the elections.
- It engenders feelings of belief in what can be achieved.
- As the years began to pass, these feelings only grew stronger as he got to know her.
- There were lots of feelings and ideas and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.
- He still frightens me a little, because I know nothing about him, yet my feelings have only grown stronger.
- You've changed a lot since then, and my feelings have only grown stronger.
- Sneers and bad feelings had grown stronger at Kat's slight improvement in mood.
- Like you said, there are so many things to think about, and even more thoughts, feelings and ideas that go into what I do.
- But you should turn those feelings of pity into feelings of rampant envy.
Synonyms sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride - 1.2 Strong emotion.
“God bless you!” she said with feeling Example sentencesExamples - It was like they were puppets or something of that sort, void of any feeling, any emotion, any life.
- He was still the quiet type, but in a confidant way, and you could sense the depth of feeling between them.
- Competing at the world level gives me the opportunity to experience that feeling.
- All that feeling, emotion and fantasizing was wrapped up in a crude Marxist politics.
- His acting roles are typically all over the range, but usually have a sense of feeling to them.
- The whole show was precise and mathematical, but full of subtle light, warmth and feeling.
- You couldn't imagine the warmth of this feeling if you had not been close to them.
- For Radhika art is not a handicraft, but the transmission of feeling she has experienced.
- At any rate, because of that feeling, it pains me somewhat to bring up this.
- Often you sense the underlying feeling of hostility among certain people working in the tourism trade.
- This is a production created and played with great care and feeling, whose warmth will brighten any winter.
- It all feels so lacking in genuine feeling, genuine emotion, genuine interest.
- He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
- Do these schools have any idea of the feelings of revulsion a statement like that on their websites provokes?
- Silence, when used appropriately and in context, will add emotion and feeling to the video.
- Notice where the feelings are coming from and focus on how good it is to experience that feeling again.
- It is hard not to be affected by the songs when the lyrics and vocals carry such a genuine sense of feeling.
2A belief, especially a vague or irrational one. with clause he had the feeling that he was being watched Example sentencesExamples - I have a feeling that in his opinion this ought to be done by the industry's representatives because they know the facts.
- I had a vague feeling that we were kind of heading in that direction in our relationship, but I had expected him to say it first.
- The enterprise seems foolhardy, and Stewart does not justify it beyond a vague feeling that he wants adventure.
- You may have experienced that uncanny feeling of impending success.
- I had a very strong feeling that if I moved into one particular flat my life would change dramatically.
- When the Hoopers joined us I had a very strong feeling that they would go onto to achieve great things.
- Sometimes, I just have a feeling that an idea is going to work, but Charlie wants to know why.
- At first after my trip to Vietnam, I really did have a real strong feeling that he would answer.
- I have a vague feeling that these different kinds and genres of rants will keep coming and going as this post progresses.
- The search for new ideas stems from a feeling that things are running out of control.
- I had a very strong feeling that there was someone or something in the cave with me.
- As I walked down the half-busy streets to work this morning, I could sense the unnerving feeling that people had.
- Throughout, there is a feeling that ideas are floating about in the same way that the characters do.
- Being right then is not a matter of having some recognizable state of mind, a sense or feeling of certainty.
Synonyms suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding - 2.1 An opinion, typically one shared by several people.
a feeling grew that justice had not been done Example sentencesExamples - Businesses want dynamic, new and fresh ideas but my feelings are that a 20-year-old is unlikely to want to stay with one company.
- Far from being merely functional, it engages with the ideas and feelings of the people who see it around the world.
- I didn't have a real strong feeling about anything until I started playing music.
- It illustrates how our society is unravelling, through the substitution of irrational feelings for demonstrable facts.
- I won't reveal to you my feelings about such an idea (although I'm sure you can imagine).
- There is then this strong feeling that if one is not actively involved in corruption, one is not corrupt.
- He saw more clearly than any of these other guys how strong that feeling was.
- That's the trouble with feelings - they are irrational and highly personal.
- Then, although he belongs to his society, he changes it, presenting it with fresh feelings, fresh ideas.
- When you are fifty, you constantly have this strong feeling that you are wasting your time.
- They show a high respect for the feelings and beliefs of others.
- There's a strong general feeling among our members that consumers are not receptive to milk from cloned cows.
- It is a state of mind, a feeling, an attitude that can be worn like a shamrock on a lapel.
- The same feeling had been experienced by Russian intellectuals in 1917.
- So going back to your opening remark, if people are willing to share this information with me, then I will do something with it, but all I get are very vague feelings.
- I want you to listen what he said, what his sense, what his feeling is right now.
Synonyms sentiment, emotion, emotional state opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, hunch, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view
3The capacity to experience the sense of touch. a loss of feeling in the hands Example sentencesExamples - For a prosthetic heel to be successful it would need to be covered in skin which has feeling and sensation.
- He said he was in intense pain and losing feeling in his legs and his doctor recommended a private clinic.
- The disease leaves her with pain, loss of feeling and a burning sensation in her hands meaning she cannot drive for any length of time.
- Jack wasn't sure if he was going blind, or just crazy, but he lost all feeling, all sense.
- He said as a result, the man had suffered nerve and tendon damage, and lost feeling and sensitivity in his hand.
Synonyms sensory faculty, sensation, perception - 3.1 The sensation of touching or being touched by a particular thing.
the feeling of water against your skin Example sentencesExamples - I trust what I feel, and my intuition and the feeling that comes from sound and from sight.
- Remember how it feels on deck because you want the same feeling in the water.
- Besides the comfortable feeling of water running down the throat, water plays a vital role in the human body.
- I had a vague feeling of movement and then pain crashed through me as I hit something really hard.
- By tactile sensation, I mean that feeling that you get that lets you know where your arms are with your eyes closed.
- My hand glowed with that bright light, and a fuzzy warm feeling came into my fingers.
- A young child paddles in the sea for the first time, fascinated by the pleasant feeling of the water.
- It's about communicating as we normally communicate with voice and sight and touch and feeling.
- The churning feeling of pain gurgled up through his body as he tried to sit up.
- The cold feeling of slowly moving water slid over her, until there was only darkness.
- The effect of this long anticipated encounter reminded her of that light, numb feeling often experienced in dreams.
Synonyms touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands
4feeling forA sensitivity to or intuitive understanding of. he seems to have little feeling for art Example sentencesExamples - The singer has an even, rounded tone, an apposite feeling for ornament and an ability to phrase with sprightly elegance.
- I think it's permissible, after working on your favourite virus for over 20 years, to develop some sort of feeling for it.
Synonyms aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination
adjectiveˈfilɪŋˈfēliNG Showing emotion or sensitivity. he had a warm and feeling heart Synonyms sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful |