feel for

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feel for

verb feels for · feeling for · felt for

idiomatic To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with. I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.
idiomatic To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag). He felt for his purse.

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verb to express sympathy for, to sympathise with

Deutsch	mitfühlen
Русский	сочувствовать sočuvstvovatʹ

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@misc{feel_for_2026,
  title = {feel for},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feel%20for},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}