to feel better
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1.0
- phrasal verb
- /fiːl ˈbɛtər/
:
sentirse mejor
- After taking the medicine, I started to feel better within a few hours.
- make someone feel better
- help someone feel better
- feel better physically
So I teach people if you want to feel better, eat saturated fat.
- So I teach people if you want to feel better, eat saturated fat.
- It is only that which makes you feel better than you would otherwise.
- I guess you just need that to feel better about yourself.
- It is not my job to make you feel better about that decision.
- It's gonna make me feel better at some point.
- You debase yourself, and then they feel better and they comfort you.
- It's about doing things that, that feel better, that make things better.
- It's that you want to feel better, you want to feel a part of.
- And it's making me feel better about shit, about being a loser.
- My joints feel better than they've ever felt.
- People are paying for shit to make them feel better about not doing shit.
- You hoped to feel better, You hope to continue to feel good.
Examples
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After a few months of treatment, she felt better and stopped the treatment.
Academic text (2016) -
Your training should make you feel better and not make you feel worse.
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Have someone to help you feel better or talk to.
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I guess you just need that to feel better about yourself.
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It's gonna make me feel better at some point.
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Listen, she needs other people to believe it so she can feel better about herself.
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Would you feel better if I went out and talked to them?
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I really hope that I feel better very soon because this sucks.
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Many caregivers assure the patient that he or she will feel better each day.
Academic text (2002) -
Alerting these mothers to the positive feelings of their children might help them feel better about their efforts.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
573
1.0
To become healthier, more skilled, or more successful
234
1.4
To feel happier after being sad or to make someone feel happier
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to experience an improvement in mood or health' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'feel' (to experience a sensation or emotion) with 'better' (more well/improved). This simple compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard comparative adjective use, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Feel better gives a simple picture: you go from feeling bad to feeling well — you feel less bad and are better. So it means 'to improve' in mood or health.