| feeling | | |
| n. (tops) | 1. feeling | 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" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion. |
| ~ emotion | any strong feeling. |
| ~ thing | a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion.; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him" |
| ~ glow | a feeling of considerable warmth.; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret" |
| ~ faintness | a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon. |
| ~ soulfulness, soul | 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. |
| ~ apathy | an absence of emotion or enthusiasm. |
| ~ desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| ~ sexual urge, sex | all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses.; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence" |
| ~ pleasure, pleasance | a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience.; "he was tingling with pleasure" |
| ~ painfulness, pain | emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid.; "the pain of loneliness" |
| ~ pang, stab, twinge | a sudden sharp feeling.; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" |
| ~ liking | a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" |
| ~ dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy.; "my dislike of him was instinctive" |
| ~ gratitude | a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation.; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help" |
| ~ ingratitude, ungratefulness | a lack of gratitude. |
| ~ unconcern | a feeling of lack of concern. |
| ~ 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.; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" |
| ~ amazement, astonishment | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.; "he looked at me in astonishment" |
| ~ devastation | the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed.; "her departure left him in utter devastation" |
| ~ expectation | the feeling that something is about to happen. |
| ~ levity | feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness. |
| ~ solemnity, gravity | 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. |
| ~ fearlessness, bravery | 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.; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" |
| ~ despair | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well.; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair" |
| ~ affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, fondness, warmheartedness, tenderness, heart | a positive feeling of liking.; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" |
| ~ humour, mood, temper, humor | a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling.; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor" |
| ~ fellow feeling, sympathy | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). |
| ~ enthusiasm | a feeling of excitement. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion | 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" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ presence | the impression that something is present.; "he felt the presence of an evil force" |
| ~ effect | an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived).; "he just did it for effect" |
| ~ first blush | at the first glimpse or impression.; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" |
| ~ hunch, suspicion, intuition | an impression that something might be the case.; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
| n. (state) | 3. feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone | 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" |
| ~ ambiance, ambience, atmosphere | a particular environment or surrounding influence.; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" |
| ~ hollywood | a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry.; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood" |
| ~ zeitgeist | the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. feeling | 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" |
| ~ somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia | the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations.; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes" |
| ~ tightness, constriction | a tight feeling in some part of the body.; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation | the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin.; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling" |
| ~ perception | the process of perceiving. |
| ~ creepiness | an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin. |
| ~ cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation | a sensation localized on the skin. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. feeling, intuitive feeling | an intuitive understanding of something.; "he had a great feeling for music" |
| ~ intuition | instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes). |
| ~ sprachgefuhl | an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language.; "Dubyuh has no sprachgefuhl" |
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