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feeling

580 1.0

A physical sensation you notice through touch or inside your body

noun
/ˈfiːlɪŋ/

: sensación

This is a very nice feeling on the skin.
a feeling of pain
physical feeling
bodily feeling

Complete your oral care routine, extra fresh feeling with their mouthwash, OK?

Examples

I think I have no feeling in my legs.

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
Whatever, I was prepared to enjoy the feeling for as long as it lasted.

Fiction book (1991)
The eyes follow the movement of the finger, causing a feeling of dizziness in the head.

Fiction book (1991)
What a delicious feeling.

Emmanuelle (2024)
The soft fabric creates a pleasant feeling against my skin.
After the massage, I experienced a warm, relaxed feeling throughout my body.
He described the feeling of the cool breeze as refreshing on a hot day.

Synonyms

touch

vsfeeling

360 1.0

A feeling when your skin meets something or someone

focuses on internal or skin-based experience rather than the contact action

sensation

vsfeeling

137 3.5

A feeling in your body from touch, pain, or heat

is focused specifically on skin contact or internal body experience rather than all senses

feel

vsfeeling

46 1.8

How something is to the touch

focuses on bodily experience perceived by a person, not the object's quality

tactile sensation

vsfeeling

1 4.9

The feeling you get when your skin is touched or pressed

also covers internal bodily experiences beyond skin receptor responses

somatic sensation

vsfeeling

Specialized

7.4

A feeling in your body that tells you about touch or where your arms and legs are

is a plain physical experience felt through skin contact or inside the body

sense experience

vsfeeling

5.6

A simple feeling you get from touch, sight, hearing, taste or smell

is narrower, focusing on skin contact or inner body experience rather than raw perception

touch sensation

vsfeeling

Specialized

3.9

A feeling on the skin when something presses or rests on it

includes both that skin contact meaning and internal body experience as well

tactual sensation

vsfeeling

Specialized

7.4

A feeling you get through your skin when you touch something

includes inner body experiences as well as these skin perceptions

cutaneous sensation

vsfeeling

Specialized

6.0

A feeling on the skin, for example touch, heat, or pain

extends beyond skin surface to include internal body experiences

skin sensation

vsfeeling

3.5

A feeling you have on the surface of the skin

also covers inner bodily experiences, not only those at the skin surface

haptic sensation

vsfeeling

Specialized

7.5

A feeling on your skin when you touch or press something

is broader, including internal body experiences beyond localized skin perception

Antonyms

numbness

19 4.6

Loss of feeling in a body part often caused by cold, pressure, or nerve damage

Idioms

feeling dead inside

Informal

1 9.9

Being numb and empty inside after loss or long sadness

feeling adventurous

1 4.1

Wanting to try new and exciting things even if they are risky

feeling daiquiried

Informal

9.9

A bit drunk after drinking daiquiris

feeling motherless

9.0

You feel a deep loss after your mother dies

feeling baluku

9.9

Feeling very tired after hard exercise

feeling bluh

Slang

9.9

A little sad and not wanting to do much

feeling boaby

Slang

9.9

To be very pleased and confident about yourself

Compounds

bad feeling

76 3.6

A sense that something bad may happen

feeling confident

46 3.0

Being sure you can do something well

feeling dizzy

16 3.8

Your body or the room seems to spin and you may lose balance

sinking feeling

Informal

9 4.5

A sudden strong worry that something bad will happen

warm fuzzy feeling

Informal

4 3.5

A pleasant feeling inside when something kind happens

fellow feeling

1 4.5

A feeling of sympathy and understanding for someone who is sad or in trouble

intuitive feeling

1 5.1

A quick sense that something is true without thinking

class feeling

Formal

7.2

Feelings of envy, anger, or support between social classes

feeling of being untethered

7.5

A state of freedom without ties or limits

feeling of movement

Specialized

6.0

A sense of where your arms and legs are and how they change position

squammy feeling

9.9

A strange, uncomfortable feeling you cannot explain

How Intense

agony

135 3.9

pain

∞ 1.0

feeling

580 1.0

tickle

39 1.0

Surface Forms

feeling singular

feelings plural

Morphology

feeling = feel (transparent) = feel + ing

This is the physical-sensation sense formed by -ing from 'feel'; the relation to the verb is direct and obvious.

Etymology

Feeling comes from the old English verb feel, which originally meant 'to touch'. That's why a feeling can be a physical 'sensation' you notice on your skin or in your body.