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feeling English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word feeling once they have reached the level A1 – Beginner. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning feeling meaning

What does feeling mean?

Definitions in simple English

feeling Noun

— Your feelings are your emotions, thoughts, and opinions. Many people have strong feelings about the war. Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings.

— A feeling is a signal that your body gives you, such as pain, heat, softness, etc. The feeling of the sun on his face was relaxing. Since the accident, he has no feeling in his fingers.

feeling Verb

— To experience something by touch. He felt the soft cloth with his hand.

— To experience something the body. She felt a pain in her hand.

— To have an emotion. When you are happy, sad, or angry you are feeling. I'm feeling very happy today. They feel sad because their friend left.

feeling

— noun the experiencing of affective and emotional states she had a feeling of euphoria he had terrible feelings of guilt I disliked him and the feeling was mutual

— noun (= impression, belief) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed his impression of her was favorable what are your feelings about the crisis? it strengthened my belief in his sincerity I had a feeling that she was lying

— noun (= tone, feel, smell) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people the feel of the city excited him a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting it had the smell of treason

— noun a physical sensation that you experience he had a queasy feeling I had a strange feeling in my leg he lost all feeling in his arm

— noun (= touch) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin she likes the touch of silk on her skin the surface had a greasy feeling

— noun an intuitive understanding of something he had a great feeling for music

Synonyms feeling synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as feeling?

feeling English » English

sensation

emotion

sense

sentiment

feel

perception

mood

impression

touch

opinion

affection

understanding

touching

sensitivity

passion

consciousness

spirit

sensibility

notion

belief

thought

intuition

heart

temper

taste

soul

sentient

presentiment

premonition

pathos

mind

knowledge

intuitive feeling

idea

flavor

empathy

disposition

conception

affectivity

will

touch sensation

tone

tactual sensation

tactile sensation

sympathetic

suffering

sound

smell

sensory

sensitiveness

Topics feeling topics

What do people use feeling to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive

Sense of touch

• What words refer to the ability to feel?
  feeling sense of touch sense of feeling
• What words refer to a feeling?
  feeling sensation
• What words indicate that something feels like another thing or feels a particular way?
  feel like feel of feel (good/bad) have a (good/bad) feel (tired) feeling
• What words refer to not being able to feel anything?
  be numb have no feeling can't feel anything be insensitive (to pain) go to sleep go dead go numb lose feeling

Language and thought

Emotion

• What words refer to a feeling?
  feeling emotion sentiment
• What words refer to a strong feeling?
  strong feeling strong emotion passion

Person

Sense, perceive

• What words refer to something that you sense?
  feeling sensation perception

Language and thought

Soul, spirit

• What words refer to the part of a person that feels?
  heart breast emotions emotional makeup feeling feelings sensitivity gut

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Seem

• What words refer to what you think or feel because of what someone or something seems?
  impression feeling

Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Think so

• What words indicate that you think something is true, but you are not completely sure about it?
  think think it is possible believe bet would gamble would wager guess reckon speculate surmise suspect get the impression have the impression be under the impression get the idea feel have the feeling get the feeling

Language and thought Think Mind

Instinct

• What words refer to a natural ability to know what to do?
  instinct instinctive intuition intuitive sixth sense gut feeling just seem to know

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words refer to the feeling of sadness?
  sadness dejection depression despondency dismal feeling gloom gloominess grief heartache self-pity misery pain sorrow unhappiness woe

Social behavior Conflict

Hostility

• What words refer to hostility between people?
  conflict antagonism discord disharmony friction hostility ill feeling rivalry strife tension sit on a powder key cold war phony war

Examples feeling examples

How do I use feeling in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'm feeling sort of tired.

I think you can't understand that feeling unless you're from the same generation.

I have a feeling that she'll come today.

I'm feeling better.

Since he was feeling sick, he stayed in bed.

I'm not feeling very hungry right now.

I'm feeling fine, thanks.

Tom is feeling claustrophobic.

Tom couldn't find the words to express how he was feeling.

I get the feeling that no one here is telling us the truth.

We're feeling confident.

I have a bad feeling about Tom.

I'm feeling so much better.

I'm feeling so much better than I did before.

I'm not feeling well.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

There was a feeling of constraint in the room; no one dared to tell the king how foolish his decision was.

I have a feeling you'll be a very good lawyer.

Are you feeling under the weather?

Are you feeling sick?

Are you feeling OK?

Not feeling well, I stayed home all day.

I'm feeling fine now.

A strange feeling came over me.

We will have to get over the feeling of helplessness.

Movie subtitles

Do you find yourself asking questions about this feeling?

How is your body feeling?

Thanks to you, I'm feeling much better.

I think that's leaves a good feeling.

I'm sure this feeling wouldn't change even upon my death.

You're going to feel a strange feeling at the top of your chest.

No, but I have a funny feeling you're about to tell me.

I reject this feeling.

I respectfully decline this feeling.

I got back with Calvin's fancy coffee and Darryl said you weren't feeling well and you went home.

Sounds like you're feeling out of control.

Well, I, for one, am feeling peeved, because this copier.

You feeling better, Bunch?

And I'm in a huge fight with my best friend right now, and without her I'm feeling super insecure about Greg.

So, Tommy, tell Pilar how you're feeling.

Yeah, I'm feeling good today.

You know all the. all the confusion and anger and frustration I've been feeling.

You know, hey, I remember feeling like I floated, too.

Hawk. Listen to me. I get that you are feeling this right now, but I am still your father, Hawk.

I do not have a good feeling.

What is it you're feeling in those moments?

Every feeling, every memory.

There isn't the same feeling anymore. There isn't the same artistic satisfaction.

Do not be trapped into feeling pity or mercy.

She has a feeling that someone, perhaps armed, is hiding in the shadows.

What a grand feeling, when your lips meet mine. That certain something comes stealing up and down my spine.

What a grand feeling, when your lips touch mine. That certain something comes stealing up and down my spine.

I got a feeling that if either one of 'em leaves camp, they'll never come back.

How are you feeling right now?

Yes. There seems to be an elderly who lives alone that isn't feeling well. That elderly is determined to see you.

Yes. I haven't been feeling well lately. I'm ready for any bad news, but I hope it's not a serious disease.

I'M ACTUALLY FEELING PRETTY GOOD.

Oh. I had a feeling from the start that my journey this time around would be auspicious somewhere along the way.

I don't want to feel this way. I reject this feeling.

You know what, I'm feeling better already, actually.

News and current affairs

Likewise, I will never forget the eerie feeling of riding my bike through the Brandenburg Gate from West Berlin into the East, and seeing the contrast between people who were free and those who were trapped behind the Iron Curtain.

Instead of feeling the pinch of wartime privations, like in any ordinary country, American consumers are binging as if it were Christmas all year round.

This fear is manifesting itself in an incipient effort to expand education to include the cultivation of feeling and imagination.

Legitimacy is even more problematic regarding recognition, which implies a feeling of community and attachment.

When it came to Austria, however, there was a feeling that since this was not a military, but a purely political and moral situation, Brussels - and the Continent-wide political clout signified by it - would be able to prove efficient.

Mayors across Europe, however, have responded more moderately, feeling and showing solidarity with the plight of their French colleagues.

BERLIN: Like old battle horses feeling young as the bugle sounds, Cold War strategists are feeling the adrenalin mount as missile defense becomes front page news.

To us, such behavior looks untoward, or even uncivilized; to the participants, it is probably experienced as a natural overflow of righteous feeling.

Russia, too, is feeling the pressure of lower oil prices, both on its current budget and in terms of its ability to pursue further energy-sector development.

A few years ago, I started hearing a troubling refrain: business leaders are feeling the type of public disdain once reserved for politicians.

Given the constant stream of security and data breaches and allegations of financial manipulation involving some of the world's most respected banks, who can blame the public for feeling this way?

If this is what Americans are feeling, if that is who we are, we don't deserve our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Even developing countries that did everything right - and had far better macroeconomic and regulatory policies than the United States did - are feeling the impact.

But what is ultimately more important: doing good or feeling good?

The first step is to assuage Iran's feeling of being besieged.

It seems only a matter of time before Indonesians start feeling the pain of this inconsistency.

I left Pakistan feeling hopeful, because I saw the strong desire to join today's rising Asia.

In the 1930's, during and after the Great Depression, a strong feeling that the creditors were illegitimate and unethical bloodsuckers accompanied widespread default.

Indeed, in some young democracies, or more volatile cultures, the suspension of personal feeling is not always successfully maintained.

In a more classical sense, the depth of anti-Bush sentiment in Europe explains the depth of pro-Obama feeling and Europeans' relative distancing from McCain's candidacy.

Here, if all the expressions of good feeling cannot be made concrete, an incomparable opportunity to recast Sino-US relations around the issue of climate change will have been lost.

Then, feeling richer and brimming with optimism, the private sector goes on a spending spree and the economy booms.

The purpose of confinement in a box is not to disorient someone, but to give the detainee a feeling of discomfort.

Feeling the Promethian energy unleashed in Bejing, it is easy to believe in China's aspirations to restore itself to a position of global wealth and power.