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Definition of feeling

noun:

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria", "he had terrible feelings of guilt", "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual".
• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable", "what are your feelings about the crisis?", "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity", "I had a feeling that she was lying". Synonyms: belief, impression, notion, opinion.
• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him", "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting", "it had the smell of treason". Synonyms: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone.
• a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling", "I had a strange feeling in my leg", "he lost all feeling in his arm".
• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin", "the surface had a greasy feeling". Synonyms: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation.
• an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music". Synonyms: intuitive feeling.

verb:

• undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful", "He felt regret". Synonyms: experience, feel.
• come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me", "I find him to be obnoxious", "I found the movie rather entertaining". Synonyms: feel, find.
• perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind", "She felt an object brushing her arm", "He felt his flesh crawl", "She felt the heat when she got out of the car". Synonyms: feel, sense.
• be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today", "She felt tired after the long hike", "She felt sad after her loss". Synonyms: feel.
• have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant", "You make me feel naked", "I made the students feel different about themselves". Synonyms: feel.
• undergo passive experience of:; "We felt the effects of inflation", "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet", "she felt his contempt of her". Synonyms: feel.
• be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky", "The sheets feel soft". Synonyms: feel.
• grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet". Synonyms: feel.
• examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!", "The customer fingered the sweater". Synonyms: feel, finger.
• examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach", "The runner felt her pulse". Synonyms: feel, palpate.
• find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room". Synonyms: feel.
• produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again". Synonyms: feel.
• pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater". Synonyms: feel.

Related words

affect, affection, agitation, amazement, ambivalence, ambivalency, anger, apathy, astonishment, beam, bravery, burn, calmness, chafe, complex, congratulate, constriction, crawl, creepiness, desire, despair, devastation, die, dislike, effect, emotion, entertain, enthusiasm, expectation, faintness, fearlessness, fondness, fume, glow, gratitude, gravity, happiness, harbor, harbour, heart, hold, hope, humbleness, humility, humor, humour, hunch, incline, ingratitude, intuition, joy, levity, liking, mood, nurse, pain, painfulness, pang, passion, passionateness, philia, pleasance, pleasure, plume, presence, pride, pridefulness, radiate, recapture, regret, rejoice, repent, rue, sadden, sadness, scrabble, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, sex, shame, shine, smolder, smoulder, solemnity, soul, soulfulness, sprachgefuhl, stab, suffer, suffocate, suspicion, sympathise, sympathize, sympathy, temper, tenderness, thing, tightness, twinge, unconcern, ungratefulness, unhappiness, warmheartedness, warmness.

Words nearby

feeding, feelings, fueling, peeling.

Rhymes with

annealing, appealing, ceiling, concealing, darjeeling, darjeeling, dealing, healing, kneeling, peeling, revealing, revealing, sealing, squealing, stealing, unappealing, unfeeling, wheeling, wheeling.