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Meaning of Feeling in English

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Feeling

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Noun

1. feeling

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

Example Sentences:
'she had a feeling of euphoria'
'he had terrible feelings of guilt'
'I disliked him and the feeling was mutual'

2. belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

Example Sentences:
'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'

3. feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Example Sentences:
'the feel of the city excited him'
'a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting'
'it had the smell of treason'

4. feeling

a physical sensation that you experience

Example Sentences:
'he had a queasy feeling'
'I had a strange feeling in my leg'
'he lost all feeling in his arm'

5. feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

Example Sentences:
'she likes the touch of silk on her skin'
'the surface had a greasy feeling'

6. feeling, intuitive feeling

an intuitive understanding of something

Example Sentences:
'he had a great feeling for music'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Feeling

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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

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Feeling

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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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Feeling

see synonyms of feeling
n.
1.
a. The sense of touch: lost feeling in a toe.
b. A sensation experienced through this sense: enjoyed the feeling of rain on my face.
c. A physical sensation other than one experienced though touch: a feeling of warmth.
2.
a. An emotion, such as joy or sorrow: a feeling of loss.
b. Strong mental agitation or excitement involving the emotions: eyes that showed deep feeling.
c. An emotion of affection; a fondness: Does she have feelings for you?
3.
a. The capacity to experience refined emotions; sensitivity; sensibility: a man of feeling.
b. feelings Susceptibility to emotional response; sensibilities: The child's feelings are easily hurt.
4. An awareness or impression: He had the feeling that he was being followed.
5. An opinion based strongly on emotion; sentiment: voters' feelings on tax reform. See Synonyms at view.
6.
a. A general impression conveyed by a person, place, or thing: This office has the feeling of a fortress.
b. The emotions thought to be conveyed or intended by a work of art: the painting's feeling of anguish.
7.
a. Appreciative regard or understanding: has no feeling for propriety.
b. Intuitive awareness or aptitude; a feel: has a feeling for language.
adj.
1. Easily moved emotionally; sympathetic: a feeling heart.
2. Expressive of sensibility or emotion: a feeling glance.

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