ALL meanings of feeling
feel·ing
F f - noun feeling An emotional state or reaction. 1
- noun feeling a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton. 1
- noun feeling a sensation of something felt; a vague mental impression or feeling: a feel of winter; a feel of sadness in the air. 1
- noun feeling the sense of touch: soft to the feel. 1
- noun feeling native ability or acquired sensitivity: to have a feel for what is right. 1
- noun feeling Informal. an act or instance of touching with the hand or fingers. 1
- noun feeling Slang: Vulgar. an act or instance of feeling up. 1
- noun plural feeling emotional sensitivity 1
- noun feeling feels, Informal. strong, often positive feelings: That song gives me feels. I have so many feels right now. 1
- noun feeling sense of touch 1
- adjective feeling sensitive; sentient. 1
- noun feeling physical sensation 1
- adjective feeling readily affected by emotion; sympathetic: a feeling heart. 1
- noun feeling emotion 1
- adjective feeling indicating or characterized by emotion: a feeling reply to the charge. 1
- noun feeling emotional engagement 1
- verb with object feeling to perceive or examine by touch. 1
- noun feeling impression 1
- verb with object feeling to have a sensation of (something), other than by sight, hearing, taste, or smell: to feel a toothache. 1
- noun feeling intuition 1
- verb with object feeling to find or pursue (one's way) by touching, groping, or cautious moves. 1
- adjective feeling caring, emotional 1
- verb with object feeling to be or become conscious of. 1
- verb with object feeling to be emotionally affected by: to feel one's disgrace keenly. 1
- verb with object feeling to experience the effects of: The whole region felt the storm. 1
- verb with object feeling to have a particular sensation or impression of (often used reflexively and usually followed by an adjunct or complement): to feel oneself slighted. 1
- verb with object feeling to have a general or thorough conviction of; think; believe: I feel he's guilty. 1
- verb without object feeling to have perception by touch or by any nerves of sensation other than those of sight, hearing, taste, and smell. 1
- verb without object feeling to make examination by touch; grope. 1
- verb without object feeling to perceive a state of mind or a condition of body: to feel happy; to feel well. 1
- verb without object feeling to have a sensation of being: to feel warm. 1
- verb without object feeling to make itself perceived or apparent; seem: How does it feel to be rich? 1
- idioms feeling cop a feel, Slang: Vulgar. to touch another person's body sexually, often in a quick and surreptitious way. 1
- idioms feeling feel like, Informal. to have a desire for; be favorably disposed to: I don't feel like going out tonight. Do you feel like a movie? to think; have the opinion (often used to soften the tone of discourse): I feel like this is the only solution in this case. to have a particular impression; believe (used to express emotional sentiments): I feel like she doesn't love me anymore. 1
- idioms feeling feel like oneself, to be in one's usual frame of mind or state of health: She hasn't been feeling like herself since the accident. Also, feel oneself. 1
- idioms feeling feel no pain. pain (def 5). 1
- noun feeling When the verb feel is used in the sense "to think or believe," it typically implies believing or having an opinion on the basis of emotion or intuition, even in circumstances unsupported by much real evidence. Although some usage experts object, such use is well established in English and can be traced as far back as Middle English. When feel is used specifically to express a subjective impression, it is often used with as if, as though, 1
- countable noun feeling A feeling is an emotion, such as anger or happiness. 0
- noun plural feeling Your feelings about something are the things that you think and feel about it, or your attitude towards it. 0
- noun plural feeling When you refer to someone's feelings, you are talking about the things that might embarrass, offend, or upset them. For example, if you hurt someone's feelings, you upset them by something that you say or do. 0
- uncountable noun feeling Feeling is a way of thinking and reacting to things which is emotional and not planned rather than logical and practical. 0
- uncountable noun feeling Feeling for someone is love, affection, sympathy, or concern for them. 0
- countable noun feeling If you have a feeling of hunger, tiredness, or other physical sensation, you experience it. 0
- uncountable noun feeling Feeling in part of your body is the ability to experience the sense of touch in this part of the body. 0
- countable noun feeling If you have a feeling that something is the case or that something is going to happen, you think that is probably the case or that it is probably going to happen. 0
- uncountable noun feeling Feeling is used to refer to a general opinion that a group of people has about something. 0
- singular noun feeling If you have a feeling of being in a particular situation, you feel that you are in that situation. 0
- singular noun feeling If you have a feeling for something, you have an understanding of it or a natural ability to do it. 0
- singular noun feeling If something such as a place or book creates a particular kind of feeling, it creates a particular kind of atmosphere. 0
- noun feeling the sense of touch 0