feeling

A1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈfi.lɪŋ/ UK /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ See IPA manual

noun adj Freq #543

Meanings

1

noun
An emotion such as happiness, sadness, or fear.

The empty house gave me a feeling of dread.
2

noun
A physical sensation in the body.

I had a queasy feeling in my stomach.
3

noun
Someone's emotions, especially when they can be hurt.

You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
4

noun
A natural understanding or instinct for something.

She has a great feeling for music.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 noun · a natural understanding or... intuitive feeling

Word family

Forms feelinglyfeelings

Derived forms feelingfulfeelinglessfeelinglyfeelingnessfeelpinionfellow-feelingmisfeelingnonfeelingself-feelingunderfeelingunfeeling

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

felynge Middle English

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings

# feeling

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** ˈfi.lɪŋ
**IPA (UK):** ˈfiː.lɪŋ
**Frequency rank:** 543

## Meanings
1. An emotion such as happiness, sadness, or fear.
2. A physical sensation in the body.
3. Someone's emotions, especially when they can be hurt.
4. A natural understanding or instinct for something.

## Examples
- The empty house gave me a feeling of dread.
- I had a queasy feeling in my stomach.
- You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- She has a great feeling for music.

## Derived Forms
- feelingful
- feelingless
- feelingly
- feelingness
- feelpinion
- fellow-feeling
- misfeeling
- nonfeeling
- self-feeling
- underfeeling
- unfeeling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: felynge

## Etymology
From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Feeling comes from Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing. In current use, the main senses are “An emotion such as happiness, sadness, or fear” and “A physical sensation in the body”.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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