viscerally
- adverb
- /ˈvɪsərəli/
- I'd say, OK, well, I it honestly just tickles my brain and is viscerally pleasurable to find a new way of looking at things.
- react viscerally
- feel viscerally
You think to yourself very viscerally, you're worth nothing.
- You think to yourself very viscerally, you're worth nothing.
- And the media that we consume viscerally impacts us.
- So I'm just aware that there's people are being hurt, like viscerally, and I'm not getting hit in that way.
- You know, when that is broadcast as being something about which we should be viscerally outraged.
- The people that are on the fence, they do not become ignited unless they are viscerally touched by something.
- It's one of the few things that red American and blue America, we, we can viscerally be excited by similar stories.
- And I know this so viscerally in my body is that we're not going to be here forever.
- What really makes me happy, like viscerally to my freaking core is when a woman says, Mango, you gave me the confidence to do XYZ.
- We hold these relationships viscerally and as a result are on alert to either hide or get out or not make things worse.
- Live, live as viscerally as you can in your own body and take in everything that you possibly can and be happy with the moment.
- You might not feel it viscerally, but you're just get that sense.
Examples
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"A lot of stuff hits me viscerally," he says about his joke writing process.
Blog text (2) -
And I experienced this most viscerally when I traveled to remote villages to study poverty.
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It's one of the few things that red American and blue America, we, we can viscerally be excited by similar stories.
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And I know this so viscerally in my body is that we're not going to be here forever.
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We will treat it much more viscerally, much more like a physical actor.
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I'm telling you: people were viscerally excited about a video game they were not playing.
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And the media that we consume viscerally impacts us.
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It is about knowing how to viscerally connect with people.
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I see and feel knowledge viscerally, as though sculpting it with the force of my senses.
Academic text (2000) -
Many people react viscerally to horror movies, feeling a deep sense of fear and anxiety.
Synonyms
In a way that shows strong feelings
To act without thinking as a natural reaction
Using a quick inner feeling instead of careful thought
To act without thinking because of a natural feeling
Shows deep feeling and moves people
In a way that shows strong feeling
In a way that relates to feelings
In a way that is not based on reason or careful thinking
In a way that uses basic instinct without thinking
Antonyms
How Instinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Viscerally comes from the Latin word viscera, which means 'internal organs' or 'guts'. So to feel something viscerally is to feel it 'in the gut', a deep, natural reaction that comes before you think.