Antonyms for feels up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : feel
Phonetic Transcription : fil


Definition of feels 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 :
  • I don't mind doing the Poet myself, if nobody else feels up to it.
  • Extract from : « Voces Populi » by F. Anstey
  • He feels up his sleeve, but thinking better of it, wipes his mouth with the back of his hand.
  • Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne
  • Up here it is so deliciously cool, at least except in the middle of the day, that one feels up to anything.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy's Double » by G. A. Henty
  • She not answering, he feels up and down the chamber for her, but not finding her, comes and tells us she was not in her chamber.
  • Extract from : « Cornish Characters » by S. Baring-Gould

Synonyms for feels up

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