feelings

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

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Origin:
1125–75; Middle English; see feel, -ing¹, -ing²

Related forms

feel·ing·ly, adverb

feel·ing·ness, noun

non·feel·ing, adjective

non·feel·ing·ly, adverb

un·der·feel·ing, noun

Synonyms
6. sympathy, empathy, tenderness, sensitivity, sentiment. 12. emotional, tender. 13. impassioned, passionate.

Antonyms
5, 6. apathy. 12. cold.

Synonym Study
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, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.

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feeling (ˈfiːlɪŋ)

—n
1.	the sense of touch
2.	a. the ability to experience physical sensations, such as heat, pain, etc
	b. the sensation so experienced
3.	a state of mind
4.	a physical or mental impression: a feeling of warmth
5.	fondness; sympathy: to have a great deal of feeling for someone
6.	an ability to feel deeply: a person of feeling
7.	a sentiment: a feeling that the project is feasible
8.	an impression or mood; atmosphere: the feeling of a foreign city
9.	an emotional disturbance, esp anger or dislike: a lot of bad feeling about the increase in taxes
10.	intuitive appreciation and understanding: a feeling for words
11.	sensibility in the performance of something
12.	(plural) emotional or moral sensitivity, as in relation to principles or personal dignity (esp in the phrase hurt or injure the feelings of)
13.	have feelings for to be emotionally or sexually attracted to

—*adj*
14.	sentient; sensitive
15.	expressing or containing emotion
16.	warm-hearted; sympathetic

'feelingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

feeling

"emotion," mid-14c., verbal noun from feel (q.v.).

feelings

"tender or sensitive side of one's nature," 1771, from plural of feeling.

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Medical Dictionary

feeling n.

The sensation involving perception by touch.
A physical sensation, as of pain.
An affective state of consciousness, such as that resulting from emotions, sentiments, or desires.

Slang Dictionary

feel (so) definition

tv.
to understand someone. : Do you feel me? If not, I'll say it again and again till you do!

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Idioms & Phrases

feelings

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