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feel⋅ing

  [fee-ling]
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–noun
1. the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
2. physical sensation not connected with sight, hearing, taste, or smell.
3. a particular sensation of this kind: a feeling of warmth; a feeling of pain.
4. the general state of consciousness considered independently of particular sensations, thoughts, etc.
5. a consciousness or vague awareness: a feeling of inferiority.
6. an emotion or emotional perception or attitude: a feeling of joy; a feeling of sorrow.
7. capacity for emotion, esp. compassion: to have great feeling for the sufferings of others.
8. a sentiment; attitude; opinion: The general feeling was in favor of the proposal.
9. feelings, sensibilities; susceptibilities: to hurt one's feelings.
10. fine emotional endowment.
11. (in music, art, etc.)
a. emotion or sympathetic perception revealed by an artist in his or her work: a poem without feeling.
b. the general impression conveyed by a work: a landscape painting with a spacious feeling.
c. sympathetic appreciation, as of music: to play with feeling.
–adjective
12. sensitive; sentient.
13. readily affected by emotion; sympathetic: a feeling heart.
14. indicating or characterized by emotion: a feeling reply to the charge.
Origin:
1125–75; ME; see feel, -ing 1 , -ing 2

Related forms:
feel⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
feel⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
5. Feeling, emotion, passion, sentiment refer to pleasurable or painful sensations experienced when one is stirred to sympathy, anger, fear, love, grief, etc. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so overpowering that it masters the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, esp. refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment. 6. sympathy, empathy, tenderness, sensitivity, sentiment. 12. emotional, tender. 13. impassioned, passionate.

Antonyms:
5, 6. apathy. 12. cold.
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feel·ing   (fē'lĭng)   
n.  

    1. The sensation involving perception by touch.

    2. A sensation experienced through touch.

    3. A physical sensation: a feeling of warmth.

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

    5. A tender emotion; a fondness.

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

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

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

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

  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.

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

    2. A tender emotion; a fondness.

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

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

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

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

    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.

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

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

  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.

    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.

feel'ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: 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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: feel·ing
Pronunciation: 'fE-li[ng]
Function: noun
1 a : the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chiefend organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : TOUCH b : asensation experienced through this sense
2 : an emotional state or reaction feelings>
3 : the overall quality of one's awarenessespecially as measured along a pleasantness-unpleasantness continuum
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

feeling n.

  1. The sensation involving perception by touch.

  2. A physical sensation, as of pain.

  3. An affective state of consciousness, such as that resulting from emotions, sentiments, or desires.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

feelings

see hard feelings; mixed feelings; no hard feelings; run high, (feelings); sinking feeling.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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