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feelingful

7.2

Showing strong emotion that moves people

adjective
/ˈfiːlɪŋfəl/

: emocionante

The film was so feelingful that many audience members were brought to tears.

Examples

First, it's just not as easy to talk and teach about subjective realities—about personal, feelingful musical responses—as it is about objective realities—about formal, elemental musical properties.

Academic text (1990)
If spirituality is a natural facet of being human, if it offers both feelingful meaning and meaningful feeling, thus making it a form of knowledge as well as being; if it speaks in its own languages, but languages that can nevertheless be learned; and if it is not confined within any belief system or particular moral code but inspires and fills out both faith and personal ethics, there remain no reasons for not teaching for it quite deliberately.

Academic text (2011)
Feelingful Moments

Academic text (2011)
She wrote a feelingful letter to express her gratitude and love for her family.
His feelingful speech resonated deeply with everyone in the room.

Synonyms

emotional

vsfeelingful

598 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

is about strong feeling without implying being easily affected

passionate

vsfeelingful

359 2.8

Having very strong feelings about something

is generally about being full of strong feeling without extra intensity

moved

vsfeelingful

137 3.6

Feeling a strong emotion because something touched your heart

is about being full of feeling without needing an external trigger

heartfelt

vsfeelingful

71 4.3

Shows deep and sincere feeling in words or actions

is about strong feeling without necessarily implying deep sincerity

soulful

vsfeelingful

31 4.5

Having deep feelings that move people

is general strong feeling without the added sense of depth or artistry

feely

vsfeelingful

Informal

23 8.6

Showing strong feelings rather than careful thought

is about showing strong feeling rather than being driven by feeling in decisions

emotive

vsfeelingful

10 6.0

Causes strong feelings, often sadness or joy

is focused on expressing strong feeling rather than causing it

effusive

vsfeelingful

7 7.6

Showing strong warm feelings openly and without holding back

is simply full of strong feeling without suggesting excess or lack of control

Antonyms

unemotional

10 4.4

Not showing strong feelings

How Emotional

passionate

359 2.8

feelingful

7.2

emotional

598 2.1

moved

137 3.6

Surface Forms

feelingful positive

Morphology

feelingful = feeling (transparent) = feeling + ful

Formed by the noun 'feeling' + productive suffix '-ful' yielding 'full of feeling' in an ordinary, guessable way.

Etymology

Feelingful comes from feel ('to have emotion') and the ending -ful ('full of'), so it literally means 'full of feeling' and is used for someone or something that shows strong emotion.