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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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"It gives the players a feeling that they have so many things they can do. They just know what we are aiming for. It's about having structure that everybody knows."

From BBC • May 6, 2026

First, since many of us are still feeling the pain from the April 15 tax deadline, here’s a primer on marginal tax rates as a thing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Still, as motorists cough up more than $100 in some cases to fill up their gas-powered cars, some EV drivers say they are feeling a sense of vindication.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Instead, I vacillated between forgetting all about cancer some days and feeling like death was imminent others, and it was hard to predict what would prompt either extreme.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

But he got the feeling the Pinks tolerated him for that very same reason.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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