SYNONYMS FOR feeling
synonym study for feeling
5.
Feeling,
emotion,
passion,
sentiment refer to pleasurable or painful sensations experienced when one is stirred to sympathy, anger, fear, love, grief, etc.
Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations:
to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing.
Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling:
agitated by emotion.
Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so overpowering that it masters the mind or judgment:
stirred to a passion of anger.
Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling:
Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
OTHER WORDS FROM feeling
Words nearby feeling
feel the pinch,
feel up to,
feel-good,
feeler,
feeler gauge,
feeling,
feelings,
feen,
feet,
feet of clay,
feet on the ground
Example sentences from the Web for feelings
British Dictionary definitions for feelings
feeling
/ (ˈfiːlɪŋ) /
noun
adjective
Derived forms of feeling
feelingly, adverbMedical definitions for feelings
feeling
[ fē′lĭng ]
n.
The sensation involving perception by touch.
A physical sensation, as of pain.
An affective state of consciousness, such as that resulting from emotions, sentiments, or desires.
Idioms and Phrases with feelings
feelings
see hard feelings; mixed feelings; no hard feelings; run high, (feelings); sinking feeling.