feeling meaning

• Noun: feeling  feeling
  1. The experiencing of affective and emotional states
     "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" 
  2. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed
     "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
     - impression, belief, notion, opinion 
  3. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
     - spirit, tone, feel, flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], look, smell 
  4. A physical sensation that you experience
     "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm" 
  5. The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
     "the surface had a greasy feeling"
     - touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation 
  6. An intuitive understanding of something
     "he had a great feeling for music"
     - intuitive feeling
  Verb: feel (felt)  feel
  1. Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
     "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
     - experience 
  2. Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
     "I feel that he doesn't like me"
     - find 
  3. Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
     "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
     - sense 
  4. Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
     "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss" 
  5. Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behaviour or attitude
     "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" 
  6. Undergo passive experience of
     "We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her" 
  7. Be felt or perceived in a certain way
     "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft" 
  8. Grope or feel in search of something
     "He felt for his wallet" 
  9. Examine by touch
     "Feel this soft cloth!"
     - finger 
  10. Examine (a body part) by palpation
      "The runner felt her pulse"
      - palpate 
  11. Find by testing or cautious exploration
      "He felt his way around the dark room" 
  12. Produce a certain impression
      "It feels nice to be home again" 
  13. Pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
      "He felt the girl in the movie theatre"

  Derived forms: feelings

  See also: feel for, feeler, feelings

  Type of: ambiance, ambience, appear, atmosphere, be, believe, comprehend, conceive, conclude, consider, experience, find, go through, idea, intuition, look, look for, perceive, perception, reason, reason out, regain, search, see, seek, seem, somaesthesia [Brit, Cdn], somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia [N. Amer], state, think, thought, touch

  Encyclopedia: Feel

  Feeling

• 
  [Medicine]
  Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties. n
  1
  a : the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : TOUCH
  b : a sensation experienced through this sense
  2 : an emotional state or reaction ‹guilt feelings›
  3 : the overall quality of one's awareness esp. as measured along a pleasantness-unpleasantness continuum
  

• a feeling:    [American slang]a ...
• a sinking feeling:    [American slang]th ...
• bad feeling:    1. Resentment or a ...

Examples

1. the success brought a feeling of loss.
2. in the end she will understand his feelings.
3. i have no feelings of love left in me.
4. goldetein was feeling rather happy now.
5. disappointment could only create bad feeling.