feeling
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ us
/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/feeling noun (SENSE)
B1 [ C or U ]
- I was left with a horrible feeling of emptiness.
- He had the feeling he was being followed.
- Her performance seemed to me completely lacking in feeling.
- People doing yoga benefit from an increased feeling of well-being.
- I found myself unable to articulate my feelings.
feeling noun (EMOTION)
B1 [ C or U ]
feeling of The feeling of loneliness suddenly overwhelmed him.
There's a feeling of dissatisfaction with the government.
[ + that ] I got the feeling that I was not welcome.
Her performance seemed to me completely lacking in feeling.
feeling noun (OPINION)
- There is a danger that anger at the new law may turn into anti-government feeling.
- The general feeling at the meeting was that a vote should be taken.
- The feeling among the grassroots of the Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.
- It's my feeling that the money spent on drug prohibition would be better spent on information and education.
- There is a feeling in some quarters that a change is needed.
- absolutist
- accepted wisdom
- Afrocentric
- agnosticism
- along ethnic, political, etc. lines
- contention
- gaze
- gender stereotype
- habit of mind
- have a high opinion of someone/something
- have a low opinion of someone/something
- have a/the feeling idiom
- ideological
- perception
- perspective
- persuasion
- philosophy
- point of view
- the other side of the coin idiom
- vantage point
