feel - Definition | Dictionary definition of feel

Definition of feel

Verbs

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

Synonyms:: experience

Types:: show 30 types...; hide 30 types...; incline
feel favorably disposed or willing; recapture
experience anew; congratulate, plume, pride
be proud of; smolder, smoulder
have strong suppressed feelings; entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse
maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); cool off
feel less enamoured of something or somebody; anger, see red
become angry; bridle
anger or take offense; steam
get very angry; raise the roof
get very angry; chafe
feel extreme irritation or anger; suffer
experience (emotional) pain; agonise, agonize
suffer agony or anguish; anguish
suffer great pains or distress; lose
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; grieve, sorrow
feel grief; fume
be mad, angry, or furious; regret, repent, rue
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about; sadden
come to feel sad; joy, rejoice
feel happiness or joy; cheer, cheer up, chirk up
become cheerful; gladden
become glad or happy; be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air
feel extreme happiness or elation; sympathise, sympathize
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of; pride oneself, take pride
feel proud of; burn
feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; die
feel indifferent towards; fly high
be elated; beam, glow, radiate, shine
experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; glow
be exuberant or high-spirited

come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

"I feel that he doesn't like me"

Synonyms:: find; rule
decide on and make a declaration about

Type of:: conclude, reason, reason out
decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

Synonyms:: sense

Type of:: comprehend, perceive
to become aware of through the senses

be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state

"My cold is gone--I feel fine today"

Types:: feel like a million, feel like a million dollars
be in excellent health and spirits; suffocate
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

Type of:: be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude

"You make me feel naked"

"I made the students feel different about themselves"

Type of:: believe, conceive, consider, think
judge or regard; look upon; judge

undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"

Type of:: experience, go through, see
go or live through

be felt or perceived in a certain way

"The ground feels shaky"

"The sheets feel soft"

Synonyms:: sense
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

Types:: crawl
feel as if crawling with insects

Type of:: appear, look, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

grope or feel in search of something

Synonyms:: finger
examine by touch; palpate
examine (a body part) by palpation

Types:: grope for, scrabble
feel searchingly

Type of:: look for, search, seek
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

examine by touch

Synonyms:: finger

examine (a body part) by palpation

Synonyms:: palpate

Type of:: touch
make physical contact with, come in contact with

find by testing or cautious exploration

Type of:: find, regain
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

produce a certain impression

"It feels nice to be home again"

Type of:: appear, look, seem
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

pass one's hands over the sexual organs of

Type of:: touch
make physical contact with, come in contact with

Nouns

an intuitive awareness

"he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it"

Type of:: awareness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness
having knowledge of

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

"the feel of the city excited him"

Synonyms:: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone

Types:: Hollywood
a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; Zeitgeist
the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation

Type of:: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere
a particular environment or surrounding influence

a property perceived by touch

Synonyms:: tactile property

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the feel of mechanical action; texture
the feel of a surface or a fabric; nap
a soft or fuzzy surface texture; smoothness
a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; raggedness, roughness
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven