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Feeling   /fˈilɪŋ/   Listen
Feeling

noun
1.
The experiencing of affective and emotional states.  "He had terrible feelings of guilt" , "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
2.
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed.  Synonyms: belief, impression, notion, opinion.  "What are your feelings about the crisis?" , "It strengthened my belief in his sincerity" , "I had a feeling that she was lying"
3.
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.  Synonyms: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone.  "A clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" , "It had the smell of treason"
4.
A physical sensation that you experience.  "I had a strange feeling in my leg" , "He lost all feeling in his arm"
5.
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin.  Synonyms: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation.  "The surface had a greasy feeling"
6.
An intuitive understanding of something.  Synonym: intuitive feeling.



Feel

verb
(past & past part. felt; pres. part. feeling)
1.
Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.  Synonym: experience.  "He felt regret"
2.
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds.  Synonym: find.  "I find him to be obnoxious" , "I found the movie rather entertaining"
3.
Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles.  Synonym: sense.  "She felt an object brushing her arm" , "He felt his flesh crawl" , "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
4.
Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state.  "She felt tired after the long hike" , "She felt sad after her loss"
5.
Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.  "You make me feel naked" , "I made the students feel different about themselves"
6.
Undergo passive experience of:.  "Her fingers felt their way through the string quartet" , "She felt his contempt of her"
7.
Be felt or perceived in a certain way.  "The sheets feel soft"
8.
Grope or feel in search of something.
9.
Examine by touch.  Synonym: finger.  "The customer fingered the sweater"
10.
Examine (a body part) by palpation.  Synonym: palpate.  "The runner felt her pulse"
11.
Find by testing or cautious exploration.
12.
Produce a certain impression.
13.
Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of.



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"Feeling" Quotes from Famous Books



... of decision which they adopted, it may be that some degree of superstitious feeling mingled. The action and the voices of animals were considered, in those days, as supernatural omens, indicating the will of heaven. These conspirators may have expected, accordingly, in the neighing of the horse, a sort of divine ...
— Darius the Great - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... it, there was an unusual, small stir among my chickens, the cattle were restless, and one would occasionally hold its nose high in the air and then indulge in a lowing sound. Even Bobs moved peevishly from place to place, plainly disturbed by more than the flies and the heat. I had a feeling, myself, of not being able to get enough air into my lungs, a depressed and disturbed feeling which was nothing more than the barometer of my body trying to tell me that the glass was falling, and ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer

... softly into the house and proceeded to make some coffee with the aid of the gas-ring. He was gulping it down, feeling the liquid driving the cold out of his bones, when Olga growled faintly; and looking up, he saw his wife standing in ...
— The Making of a Soul • Kathlyn Rhodes

... opportunity, she quickly repaid him for all the disdain that he had shown her. And her sister-in-law imitated her and did likewise; for having been married when of a young and tender age, her husband made no more account of her than if she had been a little girl.... But she, advancing in years, feeling her heart beat and becoming conscious of her beauty, paid him back in the same coin, and made him a present of a fine pair of horns, by way of interest for the past"—Lalanne's OEuvres de ...
— The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) • Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

... simple form, occurs either as a disease of debility, or as a consequence of excess: the first arises from numerous causes, and seldom exists alone: the secretion of the gastric juice is not only impaired, for the office of no organ continues in a state of activity, all alike feeling the result of that general depression affecting the system at large: the second may be referred to the stomach itself, as a natural effect from over-feeding, or indulgence in spirituous liquors. Dyspepsia, occurring as a symptom in other diseases, appears under numerous characters, ...
— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various


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