feeling

/ˈfiːlɪŋ//ˈfilɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    (heading) To use or experience the sense of touch.

  2. 2

    (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.

  3. 3

    To be or become aware of.

  4. 4

    To experience the consequences of.

    “Feel my wrath!”
  5. 5

    To seem (through touch or otherwise).

    “It looks like wood, but it feels more like plastic.”
  6. 6

    To understand.

    “I don't want you back here, ya feel me?”

noun

  1. 1

    Sensation, particularly through the skin.

    “The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.”
  2. 2

    Emotion; impression.

    “The house gave me a feeling of dread.”
  3. 3

    (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.

    “You really hurt my feelings when you said that.”
  4. 4

    (always in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.

    “Many people still have feelings for their first love.”
  5. 5

    Intuition.

    “He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.”
  6. 6

    An opinion, an attitude.

adjective

  1. 1

    Emotionally sensitive.

    “Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.”
  2. 2

    Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.

    “He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.”

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