gut feeling

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gut feeling

noun gut feelings · gut feel

  1. idiomatic An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale. Don't think too hard about the answers to a personality test; just go with your gut feeling.

    Similar: gut instinct

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noun an instinct or intuition

Españolpresentimiento, corazonada
한국어직감 jikgam, 예감 yegam, 육감 yukgam
日本語直感 chokkan, 予感 yokan
中文直覺 /直觉 zhíjué, 預感 /预感 yùgǎn
Portuguêspressentimento
Françaisintuition, pressentiment, réaction viscérale
DeutschBauchgefühl, Intuition
Русскийшесто́е чу́вство šestóje čúvstvo, вну́треннее чу́вство vnútrenneje čúvstvo, интуи́ция intuícija, предчу́вствие predčúvstvije, чутьё čutʹjó, нюх njux

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@misc{gut_feeling_2026,
  title = {gut feeling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gut%20feeling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}