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  • present participle of feel.
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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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Henderson said he understood that people would be feeling "a range of emotions from fear to angry" and appealed for calm.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The idea “was to create a sinister feeling that this may not end well,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

First, they can summon a feeling of “Ooooo, how did she do that?”—of the kind one experiences when looking at, say, a ship in a bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The works give him a feeling of home, where he can no longer go for security reasons.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I lay submerged to my chin, feeling the warm water soothe my scab-crusted skin.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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