feelingnoun
uk/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/us/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/feeling noun (SENSE)
B1 [ C or U ] the fact of feeling something physical:
I had a tingling feeling in my fingers.
I've got this strange feeling in my stomach.
My toes were so cold that I'd lost all feeling in them.
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- I was left with a horrible feeling of emptiness.
- He had the feeling he was being followed.
- Her performance seemed to me completely lacking in feeling.
- People doing yoga benefit from an increased feeling of well-being.
- I found myself unable to articulate my feelings.
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The senses in general
- eyesight
- hearing
- night vision
- night vision
- sensation
- sense
- sensory
- sight
- smell
- synaesthesia
- taste
- touch
- vision
feeling noun (EMOTION)
B1 [ C or U ] emotion:
The feeling of loneliness suddenly overwhelmed him.
There's a feeling of dissatisfaction with the government.
[ + that ] I got the feeling that I was not welcome.
Her performance seemed to me completely lacking in feeling.
feelings [ plural ]
More examples
- I was overwhelmed by feelings of depression.
- He suffered such feelings of guilt over leaving his children.
- I always suffer from feelings of inadequacy when I'm with him.
- His insensitivity towards the feelings of others is remarkable.
- Most patients find it very difficult to vocalize feelings of shame.
B1 emotions, especially those influenced by other people:
Some people say that dogs have feelings.
I wanted to spare his feelings (= not to upset him), so I didn't tell him what she'd said about him.
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Feelings - general words
- aura
- breast
- charged
- emotional
- emotionalism
- free-floating
- himself
- in your heart of hearts idiom
- infect
- myself
- ripple
- sentient
- sentiment
- sentimental
- sentimentalism
- soul
- tinge
- tingle
- trip
- twinge
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feeling noun (OPINION)
B2 [ C ] opinion:
My feeling is that we had better act quickly or it will be too late.
More examples
- There is a danger that anger at the new law may turn into anti-government feeling.
- The general feeling at the meeting was that a vote should be taken.
- The feeling among the grassroots of the Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.
- It's my feeling that the money spent on drug prohibition would be better spent on information and education.
- There is a feeling in some quarters that a change is needed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- -ist
- article of faith
- attitude
- attitudinal
- baggage
- banner
- be a matter of opinion idiom
- eye
- judgment
- manifesto
- matter
- mindset
- mythology
- stand
- try sth out on sb
- turn of mind
- voice
- what makes sb tick idiom
- your idea of sth idiom
- your two cents' worth idiom
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Idiom(s)
bad feeling
hurt sb's feelings