feeling
adjectivenounverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- Canada//ˈfi.lɪŋ//
- Australia//ˈfiː.lɪŋ//
Emotionally sensitive.
adjective
- 1
Emotionally sensitive.
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
- 2
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
Etymology
From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
noun
- 1
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
- 2
Emotion; impression.
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
- 3
Emotional state or well-being.
You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- 4
Emotional attraction or desire.
Many people still have feelings for their first love.
You can kiss a hundred boys in bars Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling You can say it's just the way you are Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
- 5
Intuition.
He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
Got on a lucky one / Came in eighteen to one / I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you
- 6
An opinion, an attitude.
When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.
verb
- 1
Also a form of feelpresent participle and gerund of feel
Forms
- plural
- feelings
- comparative
- more feeling
- superlative
- most feeling
feeling · Emotionally sensitive.
feels · Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.Feeny · A surname from Irish.Fees · A surname from German.