feel /fēl/

1. To perceive by the touch
2. To investigate by touching or handling
3. To find (one's way) by groping
4. To be conscious of
5. To be keenly sensible of
6. To have an inward persuasion of, to believe, consider or think
7. To seem to oneself to be
8. To caress the genitals of (with up; vulgar sl)

1. To be aware that one is (well, ill, happy, etc)
2. To explore or investigate with one's hand (with in, etc)
3. To impart a particular impression when touched, as in to feel smooth, sharp, etc
4. To be emotionally affected
5. To have sympathy or compassion (with for)

1. The sensation of touch
2. An instinct, touch, knack
3. An act of feeling something
4. An impression imparted by something being felt
5. A general impression or atmosphere associated with something

feelˈer noun

1. A person, etc that feels
2. A remark cautiously dropped, or any indirect stratagem, to sound out the opinions of others
3. A tentacle
4. A jointed organ in the head of insects, etc capable of a delicate sense, an antenna

feelˈing noun

1. The sense of touch
2. Perception of objects by touch
3. Consciousness of pleasure or pain
4. An impression received physically or mentally
5. Tenderness
6. (an) emotion
7. Sensibility, susceptibility, sentimentality
8. An opinion, sentiment
9. An instinctive grasp or appreciation (with for)
10. Mutual or interactive emotion, such as bad feeling (resentment or animosity), good feeling (friendliness), ill-feeling, fellow feeling
11. (in pl) the affections or passions
12. (in pl) one's sensibilities, or amour-propre, as in hurt someone's feelings

1. Expressive of great sensibility or tenderness
2. Easily or strongly affected by emotion
3. Sympathetic
4. Compassionate
5. Pitying
6. Deeply felt

feelˈingless adjective

feelˈingly adverb

feelˈ-bad or feelˈbad adjective (informal)

Causing a feeling of personal unease

feel-bad factor noun

The antidote to the feel-good factor (qv below)

feeler gauge noun (engineering)

A thin strip of metal of known thickness, used to measure or set the distance between surfaces or parts

feelˈ-good or feelˈgood adjective (informal)

Causing or relating to a feeling of personal wellbeing, optimism or (smug) self-satisfaction

feel-good factor noun

A sense of optimism sometimes detected by researchers into voting, buying, etc intentions

bad feeling

1. Resentment or animosity
2. Ill-feeling

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