feeling
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
:
presentimiento
- It's strange, I have the feeling that the more you talk to me, the less I know.
- feelings and intuition
- feelings and opinions
- feelings about hockey
So the brain will make its own feelings and impressions.
- So the brain will make its own feelings and impressions.
- It's like patriotism is like, I think a feeling of like unity.
- OK, guys, I have a feeling that I found the oldest.
- So when I ran for sheriff feeling, was it a voice?
Examples
-
Thus, they maintained, it was more a matter of personal feelings than of the content.
Academic text (2008) -
I have a strong feeling that that's the way out.
-
Notice too what feelings are present just now.
-
I got a good feeling about this one.
-
And I have the same feeling right now that I had before that accident.
-
Our job is to recognise this feeling when we feel it.
-
Pupils choose those tasks which are of personal interest; the feeling dimension is involved.
Academic text (2011) -
There's a widespread feeling that just because a man has a large office...
-
A confluence of factors has brought a strong anti-government feeling to the forefront of American politics.
Academic text (1999) -
I have a strong feeling that today will be a great day.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person's view about something
∞
3.1
A general feeling about a situation
∞
1.1
A feeling that something is true even without proof
777
3.1
A quick idea you form about someone or something
653
3.7
An idea or wish to do something, often sudden
400
4.2
A way of understanding or judging something
159
4.7
A guess based on a feeling rather than facts
127
5.5
A quick feeling that something is true without thinking
8
4.3
A strong first feeling you have without thinking
1
5.1
A quick sense that something is true without thinking
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A sense of where your arms and legs are and how they change position
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feeling comes from the old verb feel, which meant 'to sense' with your body, and people began to use that idea for quick inner knowledge. A helpful way to remember this sense is that to have a feeling for something is to have an instinct or natural 'sense' about it.