Webster's English Dictionary

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feeling

1. feel.ing n 1a: the one of the five senses of which the skin contains the 
   chief end org ans and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are 
   characteristic : TOUCH 1b: a sensation experienced through this sense  2a: 
   EMOTION  pl  2b: susceptibility to impression : SENSIBILITIES  3a: the 
   undifferentiated background of one's awareness considered apart fro m any 
   identifiable sensation, perception, or thought 3b: the overall quality of 
   one's awareness  3c: conscious recognition : SENSE  4a: OPINION, BELIEF  
   4b: unreasoned opinion : SENTIMENT  4c: PRESENTIMENT  5: capacity to 
   respond emotionally esp. with the higher emotions  6: the character 
   ascribed to something as a result of one's impression or e motional state : 
   ATMOSPHERE 7a: the quality of a work of art that embodies and conveys the 
   emotion of t he artist 7b: sympathetic aesthetic response  8: FEEL EELING 
   denotes any partly mental, partly physical response marked by pleasure, 
   pain, attraction, repulsion; it may suggest the mere existence of a 
   response without implying anything concerning the nature or intensity of 
   it; AFFECTION applies to such feelings as are also inclinations or likings; 
   EMOTION carries a stronger implication of excitement or agitation; 
   SENTIMENT often implies an emotion inspired by an idea; it may often 
   suggest emotion that is our of proportion to the cause and so considered to 
   be artificial or insincere; PASSION suggests a very powerful or controlling 
   emotion SYN syn AFFECTION, EMOTION, SENTIMENT, PASSION: F 
2. feeling \'fe--lin-le-\ aj 1a: SENTIENT, SENSITIVE  1b: easily moved 
   emotionally  obs  2: deeply felt  3: expressing emotion or sensitivity  - 
   feel.ing.ly av