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UK
/fˈiːlɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈfiɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfiɫɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
it had the smell of treason
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
the feel of the city excited him -
an intuitive understanding of something
he had a great feeling for music -
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
she had a feeling of euphoria
I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
he had terrible feelings of guilt -
a physical sensation that you experience
he lost all feeling in his arm
he had a queasy feeling
I had a strange feeling in my leg -
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
what are your feelings about the crisis?
his impression of her was favorable
it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
I had a feeling that she was lying -
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
the surface had a greasy feeling
she likes the touch of silk on her skin
How To Use feeling In A Sentence
- I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
- He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.
- I turned up at the school yard with my hippie backpack slung over one shoulder feeling pretty cool. Times, Sunday Times
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- Leaving London they went to Paris, where they passed a few days, but soon grew weary of the place; and Lord Chetwynde, feeling a kind of languor, which seemed to him like a premonition of disease, he decided to go to Germany. The Cryptogram A Novel
- It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.
- Try feeling a little "schlubby" popping around the corner for a newspaper. Wine Shopping in San Francisco, Italian Style
- I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
- I'm feeling a bit edgy about the exam tomorrow.
- There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner? Canada and the Empire