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feeling

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See also: Feeling

English

Etymology

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

feeling (comparative more feeling, superlative most feeling)

  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.

Translations

Noun

feeling (plural feelings)

  1. Sensation, particularly through the skin.
    The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
  2. Emotion; impression.
    The house gave me a feeling of dread.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
      Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
  3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
    You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
  4. (usually in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
    Many people still have feelings for their first love.
    • 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!performed by Chappell Roan:
      You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
      Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
      You can say it's just the way you are
      Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
  5. Intuition.
    He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
    I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
  6. An opinion, an attitude.
    • 1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156:
      When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: feeling
  • German: Feeling
  • Japanese: フィーリング
  • Italian: feeling
  • Spanish: feeling

Translations

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Verb

feeling

  1. present participle and gerund of feel

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English feeling.

Pronunciation

Noun

feeling m (plural feelings)

  1. instinct, hunch

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