feeling

(fē'lĭng)
n.

1. 1. The sensation involving perception by touch.
   2. A sensation experienced through touch.
   3. 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. 1. An emotional state or disposition; an emotion: expressed deep feeling.
   2. A tender emotion; a fondness.
5. 1. Capacity to experience the higher emotions; sensitivity; sensibility: a man of feeling.
   2. 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. 1. Appreciative regard or understanding: a feeling for propriety.
   2. 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.

feelingly feel'ing·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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noun

1. A particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact: feel, touch. See touch/not touch.
2. The faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation: feel, tactility, touch. See touch/not touch.
3. An act of touching: palpation, touch. See touch/not touch.
4. The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus: sensation, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment. See awareness/unawareness.
5. A general cast of mind with regard to something: attitude, sentiment. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
6. A complex and usually strong subjective response, such as love or hate: affection, affectivity, emotion, sentiment. See feelings.
7. The quality or condition of being emotionally and intuitively sensitive: sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity. See awareness/unawareness.
8. Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment, view. See opinion.
9. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic: air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feel, mood, smell, tone. See be.
10. Intuitive cognition: hunch, idea, impression, intuition, suspicion. See thoughts.

adjective

1. Cognizant of and comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and views of others: empathetic, empathic, sympathetic, understanding. See understand/misunderstand.
2. Readily stirred by emotion: emotional, sensitive. See feelings.

n

Definition: idea, impression
Antonyms: concrete, solid, thing

n

Definition: sense of touch
Antonyms: insensibility, numbness, unconsciousness

n

Definition: state of mind
Antonyms: insensibility, numbness

An affective experience reported by the individual as pleasantness, unpleasantness, excitement, calmness, sadness, happiness, etc.

IN BRIEF: A physical sensation that you experience.

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

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For a list of words related to feeling, see:

• Intuition and Imagination - feeling: intuitive sense separate from rational process

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - følelse, medfølelse, mening, stemning
adj. - som kan føle, følende

idioms:

• a feeling for    sans for
• a feeling of    fornemmelse af
• know the feeling    kende fornemmelsen
• mixed feelings    blandede følelser
• no hard feelings    intet nag

Nederlands (Dutch)
gevoel, voorgevoel, sfeer, emotie, het voelen, gevoelig, meelevend

Français (French)
n. - fait de tâter, toucher, sensation, sentiment, sensibilité
adj. - sensible

idioms:

• a feeling for    un faible pour, des sentiments pour
• a feeling of    un sentiment de, une sensation de
• know the feeling    connaître la sensation
• mixed feelings    sentiments mitigés
• no hard feelings    ne pas avoir de rancune

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gefühl, Ansicht, Empfindung
adj. - fühlend, mitfühlend, einfühlsam

idioms:

• a feeling for    ein Gefühl für
• a feeling of    Gefühl der/des
• know the feeling    das Gefühl kennen
• mixed feelings    gemischte Gefühle
• no hard feelings    (kein) Groll, nimm es mir nicht übel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αίσθηση, αίσθημα, αφή, ψηλάφηση, ευαισθησία, συγκίνηση, εντύπωση, αντίληψη, πάθος, προαίσθημα

idioms:

• a feeling for    ιδιαίτερη ευαισθησία, κατανόηση, αίσθηση
• a feeling of    αίσθηση
• know the feeling    ξέρω πώς νιώθεις
• mixed feelings    ανάμικτα αισθήματα
• no hard feelings    μη μου κρατάς κακία

Italiano (Italian)
sentimento, senso, sensazione, emozione, tatto, intuizione

idioms:

• (No) hard feelings    senza offesa
• a feeling for    un debole per
• feeling of    un senso di
• know the feeling    sapere che cosa vuol dire
• mixed feelings    sentimenti contrastanti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sentimento (m)

idioms:

• (no) hard feelings    sem mágoas
• a feeling for    tato (m)
• feeling of    sensação de
• know the feeling    conhecer os sentimentos de
• mixed feelings    opiniões (f pl) conflitantes

Русский (Russian)
ощущение, чувство, сознание, предчувствие, мнение, впечатление

idioms:

• (no) hard feelings    без обиды
• a feeling for    чутье, понимание
• feeling of    чувство
• know the feeling    сочувствую
• mixed feelings    смешанные чувства

Español (Spanish)
n. - tacto, impresión, sensación, emoción, sentimiento, sentido del tacto, intuición, presentimiento, sentimientos
adj. - sensible, tierno, conmovedor

idioms:

• a feeling for    tener sensibilidad, tener sentido
• a feeling of    sentimiento de, sensación de
• know the feeling    conocer la sensación, saber por experiencia
• mixed feelings    sentimientos enfrentados
• no hard feelings    sin resquemores, (sin) rencor, (sin) resentimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - känsel, känsla, uppfattning, uppståndelse, atmosfär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
感觉, 同情, 情绪, 有同情心的, 仁慈的, 有感觉的

idioms:

• a feeling for    对...同情
• a feeling of    ...的感觉
• know the feeling    了解那个感觉
• mixed feelings    怀着矛盾的感情
• no hard feelings    没有反感

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 感覺, 同情, 情緒
adj. - 有同情心的, 仁慈的, 有感覺的

idioms:

• a feeling for    對...同情
• a feeling of    ...的感覺
• know the feeling    了解那個感覺
• mixed feelings    懷著矛盾的感情
• no hard feelings    沒有反感

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 촉감, 감각, 기분, 생각, 연민
adj. - 감각이 있는, 인정 어린

idioms:

• a feeling for    ~에 감수성 있는
• a feeling of    ~에 예감

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 触感, 感覚, 知覚, 手ざわり, 感受性, センス, 感情, 感じ, 意見, 興奮, 同情, 印象
adj. - 感覚のある, 感じやすい

idioms:

• a feeling for    感受性, センス
• feeling of    感情
• sinking feeling    虚脱感

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إحساس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחושה, רגש, הרגשה, התמרמרות, התרגשות, מודעות מעורפלת, נכונות לחוש אהדה או חמלה‬
adj. - ‮מלא-רגש, רגיש‬

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