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feeling
has definitions from the fields of sexuality,psychology
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[ noun ] the experiencing of affective and emotional states
Examples "she had a feeling of euphoria" "he had terrible feelings of guilt" "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Owing to the restrained usages characteristic of 19_th century America , these letters usually were stereotyped and revealed little depth of feeling . The attitudes which the Rebs and Yanks took toward each other were very_much the same and ranged over the same gamut of feeling , from friendliness to extreme hatred . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)I have no religious feeling . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)By `` image '' is meant not_only a visual presentation , but also remembered sensations of any of the five senses plus the feelings which are immediately conjoined therewith . As in experience one is seized by given entities and their interrelations and is forced to respond in value feelings to them , so one is similarly seized in the mimetic presentation of images . Related terms psychological_feature emotion desire pleasure hope temper pain astonishment shame affection despair sentiment sympathy pride enthusiasm liking passion soul sensitivity pang sadness gratitude dislike happiness affect humility glow ingratitude fearlessness devastation unconcern ambivalence apathy complex thing levity expectation calmness agitation gravity sex feel |
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[ noun ] a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
Synonyms Examples "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" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Only_too often , however , you have the feeling that you are sitting in a room with some of the instruments lined_up on one wall to your left and others facing them on the wall to your right . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It casts a spell upon them so_that they leave with a feeling of having been in the mysterious presence of an evil power . It is not enough in accounting_for this feeling to analyze it into the wickedness of individual people added together to produce a cumulative effect . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)You explain , `` I have the strangest feeling of having lived through this very same event before . Most psychiatrists dismiss these instances of that weird feeling as the deja_vu ( already seen ) illusion , just as they dismiss dream previsions as coincidences . |
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[ noun ] the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Examples "the feel of the city excited him" "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting" "it had the smell of treason" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)A good feeling prevailed on the SMU coaching staff Monday , but attention quickly turned from Saturday 's victory to next week 's problem : Rice_University . Assistant coach John_Cudmore described victory as `` a good feeling , I think , on the part of the coaches and the players . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In_any_case , I have always been treated with the utmost courtesy by Englishmen , even in Devonshire and Cornwall , where anti Catholic feeling has supposedly existed the strongest and longest . The good feeling which exists between these two important church figures is now well_known in England . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Feelings of a community of interest will have_to be recreated - in some of the new nations , indeed , they must be built for_the_first_time - on a new basis which looks toward the future and does not rely only on shared memories of the past . |
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[ noun ] (psychology) a physical sensation that you experience
Examples "he had a queasy feeling" "I had a strange feeling in my leg" "he lost all feeling in his arm" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)I fingered it and had the feeling of adequacy that comes_with the right texture , tilth and body . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)It is as_follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as_well_as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the tendons and joints ) , were , as_such , essentially intact , although they seemed , in_comparison_with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body . It is as_follows : `` The usual sensitivity tests showed that the specific qualities of skin-perceptiveness ( pressure , pain , temperature ) , as_well_as the kinesthetic sensations ( muscular feelings , feelings in the tendons and joints ) , were , as_such , essentially intact , although they seemed , in_comparison_with normal reactions , to be somewhat diminished over the entire body . Then he might finally recognize it , apparently by combining the visual blot , actually being seen , with tactual feelings in_the_head or body accompanying the tracing movements . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Memory flooded him the instant he opened his eyes and the sick feeling knotted his stomach . Related terms perception somaesthesia pain pressure temperature prickling constriction feel |
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[ noun ] (psychology) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
Examples "she likes the touch of silk on her skin" "the surface had a greasy feeling" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an intuitive understanding of something
Synonyms Examples "he had a great feeling for music" Related terms |
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