- feeling
- noun1 sth that you feel/senseADJECTIVE▪ strong▪ overwhelming▪
Rielle had an overwhelming feeling of guilt.
▪ definite, distinct▪ nagging, sneaking, sneaky, vague▪I had a nagging feeling that I had forgotten something.
▪ amazing, awesome (informal, esp. AmE), glorious, good, great, incredible, marvellous/marvelous, nice, pleasant, warm, wonderful▪It was a good feeling to be arriving home again.
▪ fuzzy▪It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling to hear him say that.
▪ awful, bad, horrible, nasty, queasy, sick, sickening, sinking, terrible, tight▪He suddenly had a terrible sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
▪I have a tight feeling in my stomach.
▪ painful▪the painful feeling in his gut
▪ creepy (informal), uncomfortable, uneasy▪She gives me this creepy feeling.
▪ empty, hollow▪ guilty▪ curious, eerie, funny, odd, peculiar, strange, weird▪ familiar▪I started to get a familiar feeling in my stomach.
▪ gut, instinctive▪My gut feeling was that we couldn't trust her.
▪ general, popular, public, widespread▪The general feeling of the meeting was against the decision.
▪ nationalist, patriotic▪There's a great patriotic feeling in the country.
VERB + FEELING▪ experience, feel, get, have▪He felt a wonderful warm feeling come over him.
▪Do you get the feeling that we're not welcome here?
▪ give sb, leave sb with▪She was left with the feeling that he did not care.
▪ shake▪I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with him.
▪ know (informal)▪‘I really resent the way he treated me.’ ‘I know the feeling (= I know how you feel).’
▪ arouse, evoke, inspire▪a case that has aroused strong public feeling
▪ ignore▪She ignored the queasy feeling in her stomach.
▪ enjoy, like, love▪She loved the feeling of being close to him.
▪ hate▪I hated the feeling of uncertainty.
FEELING + VERB▪ come over sb, creep over sb▪ be mutual▪‘I'm going to miss you.’ ‘The feeling's mutual (= I feel exactly the same).’
PREPOSITION▪ feeling about▪I had a feeling about that place.
▪ feeling of▪a feeling of excitement
2 feelings opinions/emotions/loveADJECTIVE▪ deep, intense, strong▪ ambivalent, mixed▪I had mixed feelings about meeting them again.
▪ genuine▪a sweet old man with genuine feelings for Virginia
▪ positive, tender, warm▪ bad, hostile, ill, negative▪ hurt, injured (esp. BrE)▪ guilt▪I don't have those guilt feelings any more.
▪ inner, innermost, real, true▪ pent-up▪She could finally release her pent-up feelings.
▪ personal▪ human▪ religious▪ sexual▪ romantic▪I can bring out Aminta's romantic feelings.
VERB + FEELINGS▪ experience, harbour/harbor, have, suffer▪She experienced a whole range of feelings.
▪He still harboured/harbored feelings of resentment.
▪She was lucky that she had suffered no more than hurt feelings.
▪ develop▪They begin to develop feelings for one another.
▪ admit, confess, express, give vent to, let out, release, reveal, show, vent, voice▪Heather is slowly admitting her feelings.
▪He finds it difficult to express his feelings.
▪I finally gave vent to my feelings and started yelling at him.
▪He wanted just to be able to let his feelings out.
▪ articulate, convey, describe, discuss, explain, talk about▪We discussed our innermost feelings.
▪ capture, reflect▪Her poems reflected her personal feelings.
▪ bottle up, bury, deny, fight, fight back, hide, hold back, keep to yourself, mask, repress, suppress▪I fought back my feelings of jealousy.
▪I kept my feelings to myself.
▪She tried to hide her true feelings.
▪ ignore▪I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy.
▪ hurt▪I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings.
▪ spare▪We didn't tell Jane because we wanted to spare her feelings.
▪ arouse, engender, evoke, inspire▪The debate aroused strong feelings on both sides.
▪ heighten▪It was the practical aspect of life that heightened her feelings of loneliness and loss.
▪ sort out, understand▪ reciprocate, return▪Although she did not reciprocate his feelings, she did not discourage him.
▪ share▪He had never been one to share his feelings.
FEELINGS + VERB▪ sweep over sb, wash over sb, well up inside sb▪ run high (esp. BrE)▪Feelings were running high as the meeting continued.
PREPOSITION▪ feeling about▪I don't have any strong feelings about it one way or the other.
▪ feeling for▪She still had a lot of feelings for David.
▪It makes no difference to my feelings for you.
▪ feeling of▪his feelings of grief
▪He was determined to banish all feelings of guilt.
▪ feeling on▪I have mixed feelings on that.
▪What are your feelings on this issue?
▪ feeling towards/toward▪her feelings of anger towards/toward him
PHRASES▪ no hard feelings (informal)▪Someone has to lose. No hard feelings, eh?
3 understanding/sensitivity/sympathyADJECTIVE▪ great, wonderful▪ genuine▪What I love about this book is its genuine feeling for people.
VERB + FEELING▪ have▪You have no feeling for the sufferings of others.
▪ develop▪He had developed a feeling for when not to disturb her.
PREPOSITION▪ with feeling▪She spoke with feeling about the plight of the homeless.
▪ feeling for▪She has a wonderful feeling for texture.
4 (also feelings esp. in AmE) angerADJECTIVE▪ bad, illVERB + FEELING▪ cause, create, lead to▪ stir upPREPOSITION▪ feeling against▪Their aim was to stir up feeling/feelings against the war.
▪ feeling between▪I don't want any bad feeling/feelings between us.
5 ability to feel physicallyVERB + FEELING▪ lose▪ regainPREPOSITION▪ feeling in▪After the accident he lost all feeling in his legs.
6 atmosphereVERB + FEELING▪ create, recreate▪They have managed to recreate the feeling of the original building.
PREPOSITION▪ feeling of▪The drink gave me a feeling of confidence.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
