Antonyms for feel up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : feel
Phonetic Transcription : fil


Definition of feel up

Origin :
  • Old English felan "to touch, perceive," from Proto-Germanic *foljan (cf. Old Saxon gifolian, Old Frisian fela, Dutch voelen, Old High German vuolen, German fühlen "to feel," Old Norse falma "to grope"), from PIE root *pal- "to touch, feel, shake, strike softly" (cf. Greek psallein "to pluck (the harp)," Latin palpare "to touch softly, stroke," palpitare "to move quickly"), perhaps ultimately imitative.
  • The sense in Old English was "to perceive through senses which are not referred to any special organ." Sense of "be conscious of a sensation or emotion" developed by late 13c.; that of "to have sympathy or compassion" is from c.1600. To feel like "want to" attested from 1829.
  • As in touch : verb make physical contact
  • As in palpate : verb touch
  • As in cuddle : verb hold fondly, closely
Example sentences :
  • They'll be anxious to express their emotions, when they feel up to it.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
  • Some of those around him have no doubt committed it; but he does not feel up to it.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • "Do not come unless you feel up to it," said Nurse Bryerley.
  • Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
  • I did not feel up to encountering the eccentricities of my steed.
  • Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
  • "Because I did not feel up to it," Blythe replied plainly enough.
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • Go and spend a week there; it will make you feel up in the stirrups, I know.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • And now, if you feel up to telling it, I want to hear about your adventure.
  • Extract from : « The Curse of Carne's Hold » by G. A. Henty
  • If you really do feel up to it, Dave, what say we get on along back, what?
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • I feel up to most anything with this miserable fog down on me.
  • Extract from : « The Girl From His Town » by Marie Van Vorst
  • He told Dolling that he was ill, and that he did not feel up to driving the car.
  • Extract from : « Here and Hereafter » by Barry Pain

Synonyms for feel up

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