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feeling

[fee-ling] / ˈfi lɪŋ /






Usage

What are other ways to say feeling? The noun feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.

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Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, acknowledged recently that communication with Ohtani has been “awesome” but “fully sharing exactly how he’s feeling, maybe not as awesome.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

O'Leary, 53, addressed her absence when the show returned from a break, saying: "Welcome back to This Morning, Alison is feeling a little unwell, so she's just had to duck out. Hopefully she'll be back."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Great lyric poems chart experience, bringing us through a process of thought or feeling that moves and goes somewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"You just spend the whole day feeling completely beaten down."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The two of us watch as the man’s face betrays waves of feeling.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The film “brought up a lot of old feelings which I think I buried for 30 years,” Keffer said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

If you dislike or even detest this film, I don’t seek to negate your feelings.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

I wasn’t sure of the right noun to use to capture his feelings: Excitement?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

If you do not address your feelings and process them, they will manifest themselves in other ways — an unkind remark or a silent fury.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I’m . . .” I pause, thinking of that feelings chart from elementary school with all those little faces lined up in even rows.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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