Antonyms for feeling


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fee-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi lɪŋ


Definition of feeling

Origin :
  • late 12c., "act of touching, sense of touch," verbal noun from feel (v.). Meaning "emotion" is mid-14c. Meaning "what one feels (about something), opinion" is from mid-15c. Meaning "capacity to feel" is from 1580s. Related: Feelingly.
  • noun sensation, especially of touch
  • noun idea, impression
  • noun a state of mind, often strong
  • noun ambience
Example sentences :
  • But among the veteran speculators the feeling was conservative.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For an hour he watched her, feeling the arm on which she lay growing numb.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He went back to his hotel, and feeling hungry, made a substantial meal.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Feeling sure that there was no one on the island but himself, he thought he was deceived.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • This was the new train of feeling suggested by new circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The feeling then was reciprocal, and he was proposed for the vacant seat.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • I met only with insult for this—Bella has not a feeling heart.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • All the same, the episode left her with a feeling of insecurity.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • But she could not get her mother's feeling of him as a helpless, dependent thing.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • There was but one feeling,—that England had lost one of her most illustrious statesmen.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Synonyms for feeling

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