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feeling

[fee-ling] / ˈfi lɪŋ /






Usage

What are other ways to say feeling? The noun 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 powerful that it takes over 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.

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"There's a Korean saying that describes it as 'like a blind person feeling for a doorknob'," he says.

From BBC

For some around US President George W Bush there was a feeling of unfinished business from the 1991 Gulf War when Saddam Hussein had been ejected from Kuwait but remained in power.

From BBC

Before Thursday's orders, much of Nabatieh already had the feeling of a ghost town.

From BBC

For a solid hour he keeps Evy, and the audience, feeling as if we’re burrowing down a rabbit hole that keeps taking odd turns.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Everyone at the university is an adult but then I guess content warnings are so people can go into the book feeling informed in case there is anything that could possibly trigger them," she said.

From BBC