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∞ 1.0
To have an emotion or a physical sensation
  • verb
  • /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
: sentirse
  • After a long day, I feel exhausted and ready for bed.

But once the book came out, I felt pretty safe.

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Examples

  • And I can't sleep when I feel your touch.

  • I had two moments where I felt like panicking.

  • The problem is that when we feel those things, we avoid.

  • But once the book came out, I felt pretty safe.

  • So my first day was I was feeling great, but I was nervous.

  • But the next day I woke up and I felt fine.

  • And I just felt knocked over by life.

  • You feel agitated, you feel angry, you feel afraid.

  • And now that I'm lighter, I feel lighter and I feel happier.

  • Lindsay's starting to not feel so great, which I don't blame her.

Synonyms

to feel
vsto feeling
∞ 1.0

To notice an emotion or a physical sensation in your body

is about undergoing emotions or sensations without stressing awareness
to experience
vsto feeling
∞ 2.1

To feel something while it happens to you

is narrower, focusing only on emotions or bodily sensations

Idioms

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

1 9.9

Being numb and empty inside after loss or long sadness

You feel a deep loss after your mother dies

9.9

A bit drunk after drinking daiquiris

Feeling very tired after hard exercise

feeling bluh
  • Slang
9.9

A little sad and not wanting to do much

9.9

To be very pleased and confident about yourself

Compounds

Being sure you can do something well

71 3.6

A sense that something bad may happen

29 3.8

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

sinking feeling
  • Informal
10 4.5

A sudden strong worry that something bad will happen

4 3.5

A pleasant feeling inside when something kind happens

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

A quick sense that something is true without thinking

feeling of movement
  • Specialized
1 6.0

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

class feeling
  • Formal
1 7.2

Feelings of envy, anger, or support between social classes

A state of freedom without ties or limits

A strange, uncomfortable feeling you cannot explain

How Intense

suffering
477 2.8
to feeling
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

feel infinitive
feeling present participle
feels third person singular
felt past
felt past participle

Morphology

feeling = feel (transparent) = feel + ing

This is the present-participle/gerund form of the verb 'feel'; morphologically regular and fully transparent.

Etymology

Feeling comes from the old English verb feel, which meant 'to touch' or 'to sense', so to be 'feeling' something is simply to be experiencing an emotion or physical state.