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feeling

  • /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈfi.lɪŋ/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -iːlɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

adjective more feeling · most feeling

  1. Emotionally sensitive. Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
  2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility. He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

noun feelings

  1. Sensation, particularly through the skin. The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
  2. Emotion; impression. The house gave me a feeling of dread.
  3. Emotional state or well-being. You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
  4. plural normally Emotional attraction or desire. Many people still have feelings for their first love.
  5. Intuition. He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
  6. An opinion, an attitude. When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of feel

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: touch, notion, spirit, belief, look, flavor, impression, tone, smell, somatesthesia, somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatic sensation, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch sensation

Translations

Every language

adj emotionally sensitive

Españolsentimental
한국어민감한 min'gamhan
日本語敏感な binkan na
Portuguêssentimental, emotivo, sensível
Françaissentimental
Deutscheinfühlsam, gefühlvoll
Românăsentimental
Русскийчувстви́тельный čuvstvítelʹnyj
עבריתרָגִישׁ ragísh, רְגִישָׁה regisha

noun sensation

Españolsensación
한국어감각 gamgak, 느낌 neukkim
日本語感覚 kankaku
中文感覺 /感觉 gǎnjué
हिन्दीएहसास ehsās, हिस his
Portuguêssensação
Françaissensation
DeutschGefühl
Italianosenso, sensazione
Ελληνικάαίσθηση aísthisi
Românăsentiment, sentimente, simțământ
Русскийощуще́ние oščuščénije, чу́вство čúvstvo
Tiếng Việtcảm giác
العربيةشُعُور šuʕūr, إِحْسَاس ʔiḥsās
עבריתהַרְגָּשָׁה hargashá, תְּחוּשָׁה tẖushá

noun emotion; impression

Españolsentimiento, emoción, impresión
한국어감정 gamjeong
日本語感情 kanjō
中文感情 gǎnqíng
हिन्दीजज़्बात jazbāt, भावना bhāvnā
Portuguêsemoção, impressão, sentimento
Françaissentiment, émotion
DeutschGefühl, Emotion
Italianosentimento, emozione
Ελληνικάσυναίσθημα synaísthima
Românăsentiment, sentimente
Русскийчу́вство čúvstvo, эмо́ция emócija
Tiếng Việtcảm xúc
العربيةعَاطِفَة ʕāṭifa, إِحْسَاس ʔiḥsās
עבריתהַרְגָּשָׁה hargashá

noun in plural: emotional state or well-being

Españolsentimientos
한국어기 gi
日本語気 ki
Portuguêssentimentos
Françaissentiments
DeutschGefühle
Italianourtare la suscettibiltà, ferire i sentimenti
Ελληνικάσυναίσθημα synaísthima
Русскийго́рдость górdostʹ, самолю́бие samoljúbije
עבריתרֶגֶשׁ régesh, רְגָשׁוֹת r'gashót

noun in plural: emotional attraction or desire

Españolsentimientos, sentir algo por, sentir afección por, tener sentimientos por
한국어연 yeon
日本語恋 koi
中文戀 /恋 liàn
Portuguêssentimentos m pl por...
Françaissentiments
DeutschGefühle
Italianoemozioni, sensazioni
Русскийсимпа́тия simpátija, чу́вство čúvstvo
עבריתרֶגֶשׁ régesh, רְגָשׁוֹת r'gashót

noun intuition

Españolintuición, presentimiento, corazonada
日本語直感 chokkan
हिन्दीख़याल xayāl
Portuguêsintuição, idéia, pressentimento
Françaissentiment, intuition, impression
DeutschGefühl
Italianointuito, tatto
Русскийпредчу́вствие predčúvstvije
עבריתהַרְגָּשָׁה hargasha

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@misc{feeling_2026,
  title = {feeling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feeling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}