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feel

Definition for feel

noun as in quality perceived by feeling

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ambience, atmosphere, aura, feeling, impression, mood, quality, sense, touch

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finish, palpation, semblance, sensation, surface, tactility, vibes

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verb as in touch, stroke

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perceive, sense, try

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apperceive, caress, clasp, clutch, explore, finger, fondle, frisk, fumble, grapple, grasp, grip, grope, handle, manipulate, maul, palm, palpate, paw, pinch, ply, poke, press, squeeze, test, thumb, tickle, twiddle, wield

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verb as in experience

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acknowledge, appear, appreciate, endure, enjoy, get, go through, have, know, meet, notice, perceive, receive, see, seem, sense, suffer, suggest, taste, understand, welcome

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accept, comprehend, discern, encounter, exhibit, note, observe, remark, resemble, savor, undergo

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be affected, be aware of, be excited, be impressed, be sensible of, be sensitive, be turned on to, get in touch, get vibes, have a hunch, have funny feeling

verb as in believe

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assume, consider, hold, know, sense, think

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conclude, conjecture, credit, deduce, deem, esteem, gather, guess, infer, intuit, judge, presume, repute, suppose, surmise, suspect

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be convinced, be of the opinion, have a hunch, have the impression

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Example Sentences

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"I do feel there's been a few games they've been fortunate in and I did feel there was a team ready to hurt them, and I thought it could be us."

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Mr Sullivan said he feels "really sorry" for the family of Miss Sindall, who he said are "back at square one" in their fight for justice.

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"If I take money from that sale, I feel like this would almost certainly make me party to fraud."

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I feel like a bit of a broken record, but I’m still saying it’s not time to panic … yet.

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The 40-year-old missed the beginning of a season for the first time in his NBA career after starting to feel discomfort in his right side this summer.

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