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feelable

feelable

4.2
Noticeable in the air as tension or excitement
  • adjective
  • /ˈfiːləbəl/
translation icon : palpable
  • But the abstractions again, right, It's somewhat comprehensible and observable and feelable or whatever the right word is.

But the abstractions again, right, It's somewhat comprehensible and observable and feelable or whatever the right word is.

Examples

  • The great force of winter would be approaching, recognizable from other years, and feelable in the bones.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The balmy weather and the wonderful smells that the air got from blooming flowers, the jasmines and the orange trees, and the Goddess is very, very feelable and visible.

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

  • The sadness in the room was feelable, and everyone tried to comfort her.

  • The excitement of the crowd was feelable as the concert began.

  • She could experience feelable joy in her heart as she watched her child take his first steps.

Synonyms

palpable
vsfeelable
  • Specialized
3 6.8

Able to be felt by touch during a medical exam

covers being felt emotionally as well as physically not only medical detection
touchable
vsfeelable
3 2.5

You can feel it with your hand

includes emotional or other physical feeling rather than only touch perception
perceivable
vsfeelable
1 4.9

Noticeable to a person, like a change or a sound

focuses on being felt emotionally or physically not merely observed or sensed
experienceable
vsfeelable
7.0

Someone can feel or see it in real life

emphasizes being felt emotionally or physically rather than only understood

Antonyms

unfeeling
14 5.9

Not showing sympathy or care for other people's feelings

insensitive
  • Specialized
5 4.5

Not affected by things like touch, heat, or light

How Perceptible

obvious
∞ 1.0
noticeable
65 3.2
feelable
4.2
faint
148 2.7

Surface Forms

feelable positive

Morphology

feelable = feel (transparent) = feel + able

The word 'feelable' is transparently derived from 'feel' with the addition of the suffix '-able', indicating capability.

Etymology

The word feelable comes from feel + -able, where feel means 'to sense or have an emotion' and -able means 'able to be'. So feelable describes something you can strongly notice in your feelings or in the room, like a tension or sadness that people can almost feel.