feeling

Nouns

  • (n) the experiencing of affective and emotional states
    • she had a feeling of euphoria
    • he had terrible feelings of guilt
    • I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
  • (n) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
    • his impression of her was favorable
    • what are your feelings about the crisis?
    • it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
    • I had a feeling that she was lying
    impression, notion, belief, opinion,
  • (n) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
    • the feel of the city excited him
    • a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
    • it had the smell of treason
    flavor, flavour, feel, spirit, smell, look, tone,
  • (n) a physical sensation that you experience
    • he had a queasy feeling
    • I had a strange feeling in my leg
    • he lost all feeling in his arm
  • (n) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
    • she likes the touch of silk on her skin
    • the surface had a greasy feeling
    tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation, touch,
  • (n) an intuitive understanding of something
    • he had a great feeling for music
    intuitive feeling,

Synonyms

impression notion belief opinion flavor flavour feel spirit smell look tone tactile sensation tactual sensation touch sensation touch intuitive feeling

Words of close approximity

feelingly feeling of movement feelings