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fellow feeling

fel·low feel·ing
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fel-oh fee-ling]
    • /ˈfɛl oʊ ˈfi lɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fel-oh fee-ling]
    • /ˈfɛl oʊ ˈfi lɪŋ/

Definitions of fellow feeling words

  • noun fellow feeling sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate. 1
  • noun fellow feeling a sense of joint interest: to act out of fellow feeling to support one's country. 1
  • uncountable noun fellow feeling Fellow feeling is sympathy and friendship that exists between people who have shared similar experiences or difficulties. 0
  • noun fellow feeling mutual sympathy or friendship 0
  • noun fellow feeling an opinion held in common 0
  • noun fellow feeling A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. 0

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Origin of fellow feeling

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Fellow feeling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fellow feeling popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

fellow feeling usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for fellow feeling

noun fellow feeling

  • agape — If you describe someone as having their mouth agape, their mouth is open very wide, often because they are very surprised by something.
  • concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
  • identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • rapport — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
  • warmth — the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.

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