feeling
adjective
1. Emotionally sensitive.
- Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
- He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: general, state
2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- I had a feeling that she was lying
Similar word(s): belief, impression, notion, opinion
Definition categories: thought, idea
3. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the feel of the city excited him
Similar word(s): feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone
Definition categories: state, ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
4. 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
Definition categories: thought, somatesthesia, somesthesia
5. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
- the surface had a greasy feeling
Similar word(s): touch
Definition categories: thought, perception
6. an intuitive understanding of something
- he had a great feeling for music
Definition categories: thought, intuition
Sentences with feeling as a noun:
- The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
- The house gave me a feeling of dread.
- You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- Many people still have feelings for their first love.
- He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
verb
1. present participle of feel