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feel·ing  (flng)

n.

1.

a. The sensation involving perception by touch.

b. A sensation experienced through touch.

c. A physical sensation: a feeling of warmth.

2. An affective state of consciousness, such as that resulting from emotions, sentiments, or desires: experienced a feeling of excitement.

3. An awareness or impression: He had the feeling that he was being followed.

4.

a. An emotional state or disposition; an emotion: expressed deep feeling.

b. A tender emotion; a fondness.

5.

a. Capacity to experience the higher emotions; sensitivity; sensibility: a man of feeling.

b. feelings Susceptibility to emotional response; sensibilities: The child's feelings are easily hurt.

6. Opinion based more on emotion than on reason; sentiment.

7. A general impression conveyed by a person, place, or thing: The stuffy air gave one the feeling of being in a tomb.

8.

a. Appreciative regard or understanding: a feeling for propriety.

b. Intuitive awareness or aptitude; a feel: has a feeling for language.

adj.

1. Having the ability to react or feel emotionally; sentient; sensitive.

2. Easily moved emotionally; sympathetic: a feeling heart.

3. Expressive of sensibility or emotion: a feeling glance.

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feeling·ly adv.

Synonyms: feeling, emotion, passion, sentiment
These nouns refer to complex and usually strong subjective human response. Although feeling and emotion are sometimes interchangeable, feeling is the more general and neutral: "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity" (William Wordsworth).
Emotion often implies the presence of excitement or agitation: "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion" (T.S. Eliot).
Passion is intense, compelling emotion: "They seemed like ungoverned children inflamed with the fiercest passions of men" (Francis Parkman).
Sentiment often applies to a thought or opinion arising from or influenced by emotion: We expressed our sentiments about the government's policies.
The word can also refer to delicate, sensitive, or higher or more refined feelings: "The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people" (Walter Bagehot). See Also Synonyms at opinion.

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feeling [ˈfiːlɪŋ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) the sense of touch

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology)

a.  the ability to experience physical sensations, such as heat, pain, etc.

b.  the sensation so experienced

3. (Psychology) a state of mind

4. a physical or mental impression a feeling of warmth

5. fondness; sympathy to have a great deal of feeling for someone

6. an ability to feel deeply a person of feeling

7. a sentiment a feeling that the project is feasible

8. an impression or mood; atmosphere the feeling of a foreign city

9. an emotional disturbance, esp anger or dislike a lot of bad feeling about the increase in taxes

10. intuitive appreciation and understanding a feeling for words

11. sensibility in the performance of something

12. (plural) emotional or moral sensitivity, as in relation to principles or personal dignity (esp in the phrase hurt or injure the feelings of)

have feelings for to be emotionally or sexually attracted to

adj

1. sentient; sensitive

2. expressing or containing emotion

3. warm-hearted; sympathetic

feelingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	feeling - 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" state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion emotion - any strong feeling thing - a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" glow - a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret" faintness - a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon soulfulness, soul - deep feeling or emotion passion, passionateness - a strong feeling or emotion sentiment - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state sexual urge, sex - all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence" pleasure, pleasance - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" painfulness, pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness" pang, stab, twinge - a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive" gratitude - a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help" ingratitude, ungratefulness - a lack of gratitude unconcern - a feeling of lack of concern shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth humbleness, humility - a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" amazement, astonishment - the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" devastation - the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation" expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen levity - feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness solemnity, gravity - a solemn and dignified feeling sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) agitation - the feeling of being agitated; not calm calmness - a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement fearlessness, bravery - feeling no fear happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being hope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" despair - the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair" affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, warmheartedness, fondness, tenderness, heart - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" humour, mood, temper, humor - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
	2.	feeling - 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" impression, notion, belief, opinion idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" presence - the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force" effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect" first blush - at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
	3.	feeling - 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" flavor, flavour, feel, spirit, smell, look, tone ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" Hollywood - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood" Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation
	4.	feeling - 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" somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" tightness, constriction - a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
	5.	feeling - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation, touch perception - the process of perceiving creepiness - an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation - a sensation localized on the skin
	6.	feeling - an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music" intuitive feeling intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) sprachgefuhl - an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language; "Dubyuh has no sprachgefuhl"

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feeling

noun

1. emotion, sentiment Strong feelings of pride welled up in me.

2. opinion, view, attitude, belief, point of view, instinct, inclination She has strong feelings about the growth in violence.

3. passion, heat, emotion, intensity, warmth, sentimentality a voice that trembles with feeling

4. ardour, love, care, affection, warmth, tenderness, fondness, fervour He never lost his feeling for her.

5. sympathy, understanding, concern, pity, appreciation, sensitivity, compassion, sorrow, sensibility, empathy, fellow feeling He felt a rush of feeling for the woman.

6. sensation, sense, impression, awareness Focus on the feeling of relaxation.

7. sense of touch, sense, perception, sensation, feel, touch After the accident he had no feeling in his legs.

8. impression, idea, sense, notion, suspicion, consciousness, hunch, apprehension, inkling, presentiment I have a feeling that everything will come right for us.

9. atmosphere, mood, aura, ambience, feel, air, quality, vibes (slang) a feeling of opulence and grandeur

10. flair, feel, ability, talent, gift, mastery, knack, aptitude He had a lovely tenor voice and a real feeling for music.

plural noun emotions, ego, self-esteem, sensibilities, susceptibilities, sensitivities He was afraid of hurting my feelings.

adjective

caring, understanding, soft, sensitive, gentle, tender, sympathetic, compassionate, considerate He is a very warm and feeling person.

bad feeling hostility, anger, dislike, resentment, bitterness, distrust, enmity, ill feeling, ill will, upset There's been some bad feeling between them.

fellow feeling sympathy, understanding, concern, care, pity, compassion, feeling, empathy There is genuine fellow feeling for the victims.

hard feelings resentment, hostility, hatred, malice, acrimony, ill feeling(s) I have no hard feelings towards him.

Translations

feeling [ˈfiːlɪŋ] N

1. (physical) → sensación f
a cold feeling → una sensación de frío
to have no feeling in one's arm; have lost all feeling in one's arm → no sentir un brazo

2. (= emotion) → sentimiento m
bad or ill feeling → rencor m, hostilidad f
to speak/sing with feeling → hablar/cantar con sentimiento
she showed no feeling for him → se mostró totalmente indiferente con él

3. feelings → sentimientos mpl
to appeal to sb's finer feelings → apelar a los sentimientos nobles de algn
no hard feelings! → ¡todo olvidado!
to have feelings for sb → querer a algn
to hurt sb's feelings → herir los sentimientos de algn, ofender a algn
you can imagine my feelings! → ¡ya te puedes imaginar cómo me sentía!
feelings ran high about it → causó mucha controversia
to relieve one's feelings → desahogarse
to spare sb's feelings → no herir los sentimientos de algn
see also fine A3

4. (= impression) → impresión f, sensación f
a feeling of security/isolation → una sensación de seguridad/aislamiento
I have a (funny) feeling that → tengo la(extraña)sensación de que ...
I get the feeling that → me da la impresión de que ...

5. (= opinion) → opinión f
there was a general feeling that → la opinión general era que ...
our feelings do not matter → nuestras opiniones no valen para nada
what are your feelings about the matter? → ¿qué opinas tú del asunto?
my feeling is that → creo que ...

6. (= sensitivity) → sensibilidad f
a man of feeling → un hombre sensible

7. (= aptitude) to have a feeling for music → tener talento para la música
he has no feeling for music → no sabe apreciar la música

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feeling [ˈfiːlɪŋ]

n

(physical) → sensation f
a burning feeling → une sensation de brûlure
to have no feeling in sth
After the accident he had no feeling in his legs → Après l'accident, il ne sentait plus ses jambes.

[satisfaction, jealousy, hostility] → sentiment m
a feeling of satisfaction → un sentiment de satisfaction
bad feeling → animosité f
I know the feeling → je sais ce que c'est

(= opinion) → sentiment m
my feeling is that ... → j'estime que ...

(= impression) → sentiment m
I have a feeling that ... → j'ai le sentiment que ..., j'ai l'impression que ...

(= sensitivity) → sensibilité f feelings

npl

(= sensibilities) → sentiments mpl
to hurt sb's feelings → blesser qn

(= emotions) → sentiments mpl
feelings were running high → les passions se déchaînaient
Feelings ran high about it → Cela a déchaîné les passions.
no hard feelings (= no resentment) (said during argument) → sans rancune
There were no hard feelings on either side → Il n'y avait de rancune ni d'un côté ni de l'autre.

(= attitude) feelings towards sb → sentiments à l'égard de qn
feelings about sth → sentiments à propos de qch
What are your feelings about the matter? → Quels sont vos sentiments sur cette question?
to make one's feelings clear → exprimer ses sentiments
to have strong feelings about sth (= definite views) → avoir des idées arrêtées sur qch
to have mixed feelings about sb/sth → avoir des sentiments mitigés à propos de qn/qch

(= attraction) to have feelings for sb → avoir des sentiments pour qn
fee-paying school n → établissement m (d'enseignement) privé

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feeling

n

(= sense of touch) → Gefühl nt, → Empfindung f; I’ve lost all feeling in my right arm → ich habe kein Gefühl mehr im rechten Arm

(= physical, mental sensation, emotion) → Gefühl nt; a feeling of pain/warmth → ein Gefühl nt → des Schmerzes/der Wärme; I had a feeling of isolation → ich kam mir ganz isoliert vor; he doesn’t have much feeling for his sister → er hat nicht viel für seine Schwester übrig; his voice trembled with feeling → seine Stimme bebte vor Gefühl; I know the feeling → ich weiß, wie das ist

(= presentiment) → (Vor)gefühl nt; I’ve a funny feeling she won’t come → ich hab so das Gefühl, dass sie nicht kommt

(= opinion: also feelings) → Meinung f, → Ansicht f → (on zu); there was a general feeling that … → man war allgemein der Ansicht, dass …; ill or bad feeling → Verstimmung f; good feeling → Wohlwollen nt; there’s been a lot of bad feeling about this decision → wegen dieser Entscheidung hat es viel böses Blut gegeben

(= talent) → Gefühl nt

feelings → Gefühle pl; to have feelings for somebody → Gefühle für jdn haben; you’ve hurt his feelings → Sie haben ihn verletzt; no hard feelings! → ich nehme es dir nicht übel; no hard feelings? → nimm es mir nicht übel

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feeling [ˈfiːlɪŋ] n

a. (physical) → senso, sensazione f
a cold feeling → una sensazione di freddo
to have no or to have lost all feeling in one's arm → aver perso completamente la sensibilità in un braccio

b. (emotion) → sentimento, emozione f; (sensitivity) → sensibilità
bad or ill feeling → ostilità, rancore m
to speak/sing with feeling → parlare/cantare con sentimento
he shows no feeling for her → non mostra nessuna simpatia per lei
a woman of great feeling → una donna molto sensibile
what are your feelings about the matter? → che cosa ne pensi?
you can imagine my feelings → puoi immaginare quello che sento/ho sentito
to hurt sb's feelings → offendere i sentimenti di qn, ferire qn
feelings ran high about it → la cosa aveva provocato grande eccitazione
no hard feelings! → senza rancore!

c. (impression) → senso, impressione f
a feeling of security/isolation → un senso di sicurezza/di isolamento
my feeling is that ... → ho l'impressione che...
I have a (funny) feeling that ... → ho la (strana) sensazione che...
I got the feeling that ... → ho avuto l'impressione che...
there was a general feeling that ... → il sentimento generale era che...

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feeling [ˈfiːlɪŋ] n

a. (physical) → senso, sensazione f
a cold feeling → una sensazione di freddo
to have no or to have lost all feeling in one's arm → aver perso completamente la sensibilità in un braccio

b. (emotion) → sentimento, emozione f; (sensitivity) → sensibilità
bad or ill feeling → ostilità, rancore m
to speak/sing with feeling → parlare/cantare con sentimento
he shows no feeling for her → non mostra nessuna simpatia per lei
a woman of great feeling → una donna molto sensibile
what are your feelings about the matter? → che cosa ne pensi?
you can imagine my feelings → puoi immaginare quello che sento/ho sentito
to hurt sb's feelings → offendere i sentimenti di qn, ferire qn
feelings ran high about it → la cosa aveva provocato grande eccitazione
no hard feelings! → senza rancore!

c. (impression) → senso, impressione f
a feeling of security/isolation → un senso di sicurezza/di isolamento
my feeling is that ... → ho l'impressione che...
I have a (funny) feeling that ... → ho la (strana) sensazione che...
I got the feeling that ... → ho avuto l'impressione che...
there was a general feeling that ... → il sentimento generale era che...

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