What does feeling mean?
Definitions for feeling
ˈfi lɪŋfeel·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word feeling.
Princeton's WordNet
feeling(noun)
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"
impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion(noun)
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"
spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell(noun)
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"
feeling(noun)
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"
touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling(noun)
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
feeling, intuitive feeling(noun)
an intuitive understanding of something
"he had a great feeling for music"
Wiktionary
feeling(Noun)
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
feeling(Noun)
Emotion; impression.
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
feeling(Noun)
Emotional state or well-being.
You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
feeling(Noun)
Emotional attraction or desire.
Many people still have feelings for their first love.
feeling(Noun)
Intuition.
He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
feeling(Noun)
An opinion, an attitude.
feeling(Adjective)
Emotionally sensitive.
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
Webster Dictionary
Feeling
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Feeling(adj)
possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart
Feeling(adj)
expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs
Feeling(noun)
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
Feeling(noun)
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
Feeling(noun)
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
Feeling(noun)
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
Feeling(noun)
that quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator
Freebase
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
feeling
Definition for feeling is also vibe.
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, 2020feeling
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
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1476
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1317
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'feeling' in Nouns Frequency: #351
Anagrams for feeling »
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fine leg
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of feeling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of feeling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of feeling in a Sentence
I’m not too concerned about the other candidates, they had a good head start, so with two weeks left, most people just starting to pay attention now, and a huge undecided vote, I’m feeling very confident about my chances to win.
We failed and it gives you a feeling of impotence, the reality is that people wanted us to come to an agreement, so I'm not surprised that they're angry.
Ideally you want to see Tesla focus on Tesla - building Teslas and expanding the cars, maybe the feeling is that this takes away focus, and it could financially strain Tesla, which is going to continually need a lot of cash.
The happiness and unhappiness of the rational, social animal depends not on what he feels but on what he does just as his virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing.
One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.
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- emosies, emosie, gevoelens, voorgevoel, sensasie, intuïsie, gevoel, gevoelig, sensitiefAfrikaans
- شعورArabic
- hissAzerbaijani
- пачуццёBelarusian
- усещане, осезание, чувство, чувства, емоцияBulgarian
- আবেগBengali
- city, pocit, citCzech
- teimlad, teimladau, greddfWelsh
- følelseDanish
- Emotion, Gefühl, Gefühle, gefühlvoll, einfühlsamGerman
- συναίσθημαGreek
- emocioj, emocio, sentoj, sentemeco, opinio, natura talento, amsento, sento, impreso, sentemaEsperanto
- emoción, intuición, sentimientos, presentimiento, corazonada, sensación, sentimiento, sentimentalSpanish
- tunne, meeleoluEstonian
- احساس, حسPersian
- tunne, tuntemus, tunteellinenFinnish
- intuition, émotion, sentiments, sentiment, impression, sensation, sentimentalFrench
- faireachdainnScottish Gaelic
- הרגשה, רגשות, רגש, רגישה, רגישHebrew
- भावना, जज़्बात, एहसासHindi
- santimanHaitian Creole
- intuíció, érzés, megérzés, érzelem, érzelmek, érzékelés, érzések, együttérző, érzőHungarian
- զգացմունք, զգացումArmenian
- perasaanIndonesian
- tilfinningar, tilfinningIcelandic
- sensazioni, senso, emozione, emozioni, urtare la suscettibiltà, sentimento, ferire i sentimenti, tatto, intuito, sensazioneItalian
- מַרגִישׁHebrew
- 恋, 気, 感覚, 感情, 直感, 敏感Japanese
- გრძნობაGeorgian
- сезімKazakh
- អារម្មណ៍Khmer
- 감각Korean
- ههست, هۆشهKurdish
- Gefiller, Gefill, Intuitioun, EmotiounLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກLao
- jausmas, emocija, jutimas, pojūtisLithuanian
- emocija, jūtas, sajūtaLatvian
- чувствоMacedonian
- perasaan, hatiMalay
- følelser, følelseNorwegian
- gevoelens, gevoel, emotie, voorgevoel, gevoeligDutch
- følelsar, følelseNorwegian Nynorsk
- følsomNorwegian
- uczucie, uczuciaPolish
- pressentimento, sensação, sentimentos, idéia, impressão, intuição, emoção, sensível, emotivo, sentimentalPortuguese
- sentiment, sentimente, sentimentalRomanian
- чувство, эмоция, симпатия, гордость, самолюбие, ощущение, предчувствие, чувствительныйRussian
- ocjeћaj, osjećaj, osecaj, осећајSerbo-Croatian
- pocitSlovak
- občutekSlovene
- ndjenjëAlbanian
- känslor, sensation, känsla, känsligt, känsligSwedish
- உணர்வுTamil
- అంతర్వాణి, అనుభూతి, భావంTelugu
- ҳисTajik
- ความรู้สึกThai
- pakiramdamTagalog
- duygu, hissetme, his, hassas, duyarlı, duygusalTurkish
- почуттяUkrainian
- احساسUrdu
- rờ móVietnamese
- געפילYiddish
- 感覺Chinese
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