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FEELING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The experiencing of affective and emotional states
Example:
I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
shame (a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt)
pride; pridefulness (a feeling of self-respect and personal worth)
humbleness; humility (a humble feeling)
amazement; astonishment (the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising)
devastation (the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed)
expectation (the feeling that something is about to happen)
levity (feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness)
gravity; solemnity (a solemn and dignified feeling)
sensitiveness; sensitivity (sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others))
agitation (the feeling of being agitated; not calm)
calmness (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)
bravery; fearlessness (feeling no fear)
happiness (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)
sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
hope (the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled)
despair (the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well)
affection; affectionateness; fondness; heart; philia; tenderness; warmheartedness; warmness (a positive feeling of liking)
humor; humour; mood; temper (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling)
fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
enthusiasm (a feeling of excitement)
affect (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)
emotion (any strong feeling)
thing (a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion)
glow (a feeling of considerable warmth)
faintness (a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon)
soul; soulfulness (deep feeling or emotion)
passion; passionateness (a strong feeling or emotion)
sentiment (tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion)
complex ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)
ambivalence; ambivalency (mixed feelings or emotions)
unconcern (a feeling of lack of concern)
ingratitude; ungratefulness (a lack of gratitude)
gratitude (a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation)
dislike (a feeling of aversion or antipathy)
liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)
pang; stab; twinge (a sudden sharp feeling)
pain; painfulness (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid)
pleasance; pleasure (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience)
sex; sexual urge (all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses)
desire (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)
apathy (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)
Derivation:
feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An intuitive understanding of something
Example:
he had a great feeling for music
Synonyms:
feeling; intuitive feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
intuition (instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
sprachgefuhl (an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A physical sensation that you experience
Example:
he lost all feeling in his arm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
constriction; tightness (a tight feeling in some part of the body)
Derivation:
feel (perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
Example:
the surface had a greasy feeling
Synonyms:
feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
perception (the process of perceiving)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
creepiness (an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin)
cutaneous sensation; haptic sensation; skin sensation (a sensation localized on the skin)
Derivation:
feel (examine by touch)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed
Example:
I had a feeling that she was lying
Synonyms:
belief; feeling; impression; notion; opinion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
presence (the impression that something is present)
effect (an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived))
first blush (at the first glimpse or impression)
hunch; intuition; suspicion (an impression that something might be the case)
Derivation:
feel (come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Example:
it had the smell of treason
Synonyms:
feel; feeling; flavor; flavour; look; smell; spirit; tone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("feeling" is a kind of...):
ambiance; ambience; atmosphere (a particular environment or surrounding influence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feeling"):
Hollywood (a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry)
Zeitgeist (the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation)
Derivation:
feel (undergo passive experience of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb feel
Context examples:
I might have been surprised by the feeling tone in which he spoke, if I had given it a thought; but I gave it none until afterwards.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He had a vague feeling of impending doom.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A response format that allows a respondent to answer using their own knowledge and/or feelings, without specified response categories.
(Open-ended Response Format, NCI Thesaurus)
Pain is a feeling triggered in the nervous system.
(Pain, NIH)
The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire (OAB-q) Prevented you from feeling rested upon waking in the morning?
(OAB-q - Prevented You From Feeling Rested Upon Waking, NCI Thesaurus)
The loss of the sensation of feeling in an area of the body.
(Numbness, NCI Thesaurus)
Words used to describe 'sharp' feelings include 'like a knife,' 'like a spike,' 'jabbing,' or 'like jolts.'
(NPS - Tell Us How Sharp Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)
A method of feeling with the hands during a physical examination.
(Palpation, NCI Thesaurus)
I shall commit my thoughts to paper, it is true; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient show any other signs of feeling too good or being too happy?
(NPI - Show Any Other Signs of Feeling Too Good or Being Too Happy, NCI Thesaurus)
