fellow feeling
fel·low feel·ing
F f Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fel-oh fee-ling]
- /ˈfɛl oʊ ˈfi lɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [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
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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
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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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