feel-good

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [feel goo d]
- /fil gʊd/
- /fiːl ɡʊd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [feel goo d]
- /fil gʊd/

Definitions of feel-good word

adjective feel-good Informal. intended to make one happy or satisfied: a feel-good movie; feel-good politics. 1
adjective feel-good that causes happiness 1
adjective feel-good A feel-good film is a film which presents people and life in a way which makes the people who watch it feel happy and optimistic. 0
adjective feel-good causing or characterized by a feeling of self-satisfaction 0
adjective feel-good that evokes a feeling of well-being or satisfaction 0
adjective feel-good creating a feeling of happiness. 0

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Origin of feel-good

First appearance:

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1975-80

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Feel-good

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Feel-good

feel-good popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.