Antonyms for feels


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : feel
Phonetic Transcription : fil


Definition of feels

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.
  • noun texture; air
  • verb touch, stroke
  • verb experience
  • verb believe
Example sentences :
  • "I don't believe he feels very friendly to me," said Robert, smiling.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It is a happy man who has divined the leisure of eternity, so he feels it, like what you say, 'in his bones.'
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The mere concept takes him into regions in which he feels uneasy.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • She started from him as a young colt who first feels the bit.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • If Linda feels that she has been so terribly defrauded, she can help herself now!
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • But that's the way I feel, and no man can help the way he feels!
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • She always says that she's at her best when she feels that I've ruined her life.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • When love has to breast the Hellespont it feels its most impassioned thrill.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • He's so alone, and he's very proud and sensitive, because he feels his loneliness.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "That showed that he feels that I am old," she said, as often as she recalled them.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

Synonyms for feels

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