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