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Noun feeling has 6 senses
- feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
--1 is a kind of psychological feature
--1 has particulars: | affect; emotion; thing; glow; soul, soulfulness; passion, passionateness; sentiment; complex; ambivalence, ambivalency; apathy; desire; sex, sexual urge; pleasure, pleasance; pain, painfulness; pang, stab, twinge; liking; dislike; gratitude; ingratitude, ungratefulness; unconcern; shame; pride, pridefulness; humility, humbleness; astonishment, amazement; devastation; expectation; levity; gravity, solemnity; sensitivity, sensitiveness; agitation; calmness; fearlessness, bravery; happiness; sadness, unhappiness; hope; despair; affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness; temper, mood, humor, humour; sympathy, fellow feeling; enthusiasm |
- impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion - a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
--2 is a kind of idea, thought
--2 has particulars:
- spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
--3 is a kind of atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
--3 has particulars: Hollywood; Zeitgeist
- feeling - a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
--4 is a kind of somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
--4 has particulars: constriction
- touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling - the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
--5 is a kind of perception
--5 has particulars: cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
- feeling, intuitive feeling - an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"
--6 is a kind of intuition
--6 has particulars: sprachgefuhl
Verb feel has 13 senses
- feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
Sample sentence:
John will feel angry
- find, feel - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
--2 is one way to reason, reason out, conclude
Sample sentence:
They feel that there was a traffic accident
- feel, sense - perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
--3 is one way to perceive, comprehend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- feel - seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s Adjective
- feel - have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
--5 is one way to think, believe, consider, conceive
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
--6 is one way to experience, undergo, see, go through
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- feel - be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
--7 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentence:
The cool air does feel good
- feel - grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
--8 is one way to search, seek, look for
Sample sentence:
The men feel the area for animals
- feel, finger - examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- palpate, feel - examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
--10 is one way to touch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- feel - find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
--11 is one way to find, regain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- feel - produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
--12 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentence:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- feel - pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
--13 is one way to touch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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