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feel·ing
 feeling
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- pronunciation:
- fi
lIng
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
If you have a pain in your foot, your foot sends a message to your brain that says, "I'm hurting!" That message is called a feeling. If someone's fingers get very, very cold, they sometimes stop sending any message to the brain at all. When that happens, we say that there is no feeling in those fingers or that the fingers have lost feeling.
My dad had to go to the doctor because he had a painful feeling in his stomach.- similar words:
- contact, sensation, touch
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| definition 2: |
When you have a feeling of hunger, your body is telling you that you need to eat something. When you have a feeling of safety, something is making your mind relaxed and not worried about danger.
I love this feeling of calmness I have when I go hiking in the woods.- synonyms:
- awareness
- similar words:
- attitude, impression, spirit
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| definition 3: |
A feeling is an emotion. Things like love, hate, anger, and happiness are feelings. Feeling is also the ability to feel emotion, especially things like love and sympathy for other people.
Raj had a feeling of sadness when his sister left to go to college.My mom says that my grandmother was very kind and had a great deal of feeling for other people.- synonyms:
- emotion
- similar words:
- compassion, sympathy
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| definition 4: |
When we talk about someone's feelings, we mean the part of them that feels emotions.
Maya really hurt my feelings when she stopped being my friend.Brendon is so mean sometimes. He doesn't think about other people's feelings. |
| definition 5: |
A feeling is what you think about something. It is your opinion.
My feeling about the book was that it was too long. |
| related words: |
effect, heart, impression, opinion, temper, theory, view |
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| derivation: |
feelingly (adv.) |
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