Feeling | Mean of feeling in English Dictionary

/ˈfiːlɪŋ/

• Noun
• an awareness by your body of something in it or on it
1. a feeling of pain/nausea
2. I noticed tingling feelings in my fingers.
3. She had a queasy feeling in her stomach.
4. I had the feeling of something crawling across my foot.
5. We enjoyed the feeling of walking barefoot in the sand.
6. He had no feeling in his right leg.
• an emotional state or reaction
1. feelings of joy/sorrow/anger/love
2. He's been troubled by feelings of guilt.
3. There's no point in trying to hide your feelings.
4. She's always had a kindly feeling towards them. = She always had kindly feelings towards them.
5. I hope this decision won't cause any bad/ill feelings. [=cause any feelings of anger, dislike, etc.]
6. I have a good feeling about this project. [=I expect this project to go well]
7. He has ambivalent/mixed feelings about his new job [=he has both good and bad feelings about his new job]
8. warm feelings [=good, pleasant, or friendly feelings]
9. “I could really use a vacation.” “I know the feeling.” [=I know how you feel]
10. The new security patrols gave residents a feeling of safety. [=the patrols made them feel safe]
11. a feeling of comfort
12. I didn't mean to insult you—no hard feelings, right? [=you're not angry, are you?]
13. You hurt my feelings. [=you upset me; you made me feel bad]
14. We pretended to like his artwork in order to spare his feelings. [=to avoid hurting his feelings]
15. They complained with feeling [=in a way that showed they were feeling strong emotion] about her decision.
16. He spoke with feeling about the injustice he had seen.
• thoughts of wanting to help someone who is sick, hungry, in trouble, etc.
1. Have you no feeling for the plight of the homeless?

• an opinion or belief
1. What's your feeling on/about this subject? = What are your feelings on/about this subject?
2. I can see that you have strong feelings about this subject.
3. I get the feeling [=impression] that you think I don't know what I'm doing.
4. My feeling is that we need to hire more people.
5. She shared her feelings with us on a variety of subjects. [=told us her opinions about a variety of subjects]
6. He had the feeling (that) he was being watched, although he didn't see anyone.
7. I had a feeling you'd say that.
8. I have a nagging/funny feeling that I've forgotten something.
9. I have a sneaky/sneaking feeling that my guess was wrong.
10. Do you ever have the feeling [=have the sense, have the impression] (that) you're being watched?
• an opinion or a way of thinking that is shared by many people
1. Anti-war feeling has reached an all-time high. = There is strong feeling against the war. [=many people are opposed to the war]
• the general quality or character of a place or thing
1. The story has an eerie feeling. [=feel, quality]
2. a big city with a small-town feeling [=feel, atmosphere]
• the quality of a work of art or performance that shows the emotion of the artist or performer
1. You need to play this passage with more feeling. [=expression]
• an ability to understand the nature of something
1. a painter with a good feeling for color
• to feel love or affection for (someone)
1. Even though they're divorced, it's obvious that they still have (tender) feelings for each other.