Definitions for feeling
ˈfi lɪŋfeel·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. feelingnoun

   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"

2. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun

   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"

3. spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smellnoun

   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"

4. feelingnoun

   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"

5. touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feelingnoun

   the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

   "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"

6. feeling, intuitive feelingnoun

   an intuitive understanding of something

   "he had a great feeling for music"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. feelingnoun

   Sensation, particularly through the skin.

   The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.

2. feelingnoun

   Emotion; impression.

   The house gave me a feeling of dread.

3. feelingnoun

   Emotional state or well-being.

   You really hurt my feelings when you said that.

4. feelingnoun

   Emotional attraction or desire.

   Many people still have feelings for their first love.

5. feelingnoun

   Intuition.

   He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.

6. feelingnoun

   An opinion, an attitude.

7. feelingadjective

   Emotionally sensitive.

   Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Feeling

   of Feel

2. Feelingadjective

   possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart

3. Feelingadjective

   expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs

4. Feelingnoun

   the sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects

5. Feelingnoun

   an act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness

6. Feelingnoun

   the capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling

7. Feelingnoun

   any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility

8. Feelingnoun

   that quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Feeling

   Feeling is the nominalization of the verb to feel. The word was first used in the English language to describe the physical sensation of touch through either experience or perception. The word is also used to describe experiences, other than the physical sensation of touch, such as "a feeling of warmth". In psychology, the word is usually reserved for the conscious subjective experience of emotion. Phenomenology and heterophenomenology are philosophical approaches that provide some basis for knowledge of feelings. Many schools of psychotherapy depend on the therapist achieving some kind of understanding of the client's feelings, for which methodologies exist. Some theories of interpersonal relationships also have a role for shared feelings or understanding of another person's feelings. Perception of the physical world does not necessarily result in a universal reaction among receivers, but varies depending on one's tendency to handle the situation, how the situation relates to the receiver's past experiences, and any number of other factors. Feelings are also known as a state of consciousness, such as that resulting from emotions, sentiments or desires.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. feeling

   An intuitive understanding.

   They had a feeling the news of their impending wedding would be so well received by their families.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2020  

2. feeling

   Definition for feeling is also vibe.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 11, 2021  

3. feelingverb

   Verb form of the word feel.

   The feeling was one of unity, support, truth, justice, love, balance, peace and power to us all as one intelligent being.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Intuition
   • Somesthesia

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1476

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1317

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Nouns Frequency: #351

Anagrams for feeling »

1. fleeing

2. fine leg

How to pronounce feeling?

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say feeling in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of feeling in a Sentence

1. Mike Soroka:

   They were basically floating around in there creating a bunch of inflammatory tissue response, and that’s what I was feeling, (The surgeon) got in there and took them out. They were sitting right on top.

2. Darla Davis:

   She seems to be feeling better today, she has been walking around and eating, the vets think she is responding to antibiotics.

3. Chet Holmgren:

   I'm feeling real confident in my shot right now.

4. Lauren Almeida:

   Immediately my stomach sank and I had a feeling that someone was wrong, in the almost seven years that I have worked for Jennifer, I never ever had a hard time reaching her and never had an issue with her phone being off.

5. Ste Marie:

   I had a feeling it might be a rare encounter, but I really had no idea just how rare, it's pretty crazy to be lucky enough to see one.

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