feeling

Noun

• an intuitive understanding of something
  • he had a great feeling for music
    

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
  • she likes the touch of silk on her skin
    
  • the surface had a greasy feeling
    

• a physical sensation that you experience
  • he had a queasy feeling
    
  • I had a strange feeling in my leg
    
  • he lost all feeling in his arm
    

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  • the feel of the city excited him
    
  • a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
    
  • it had the smell of treason
    

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
  • his impression of her was favorable
    
  • what are your feelings about the crisis?
    
  • it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
    
  • I had a feeling that she was lying
    

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  • she had a feeling of euphoria
    
  • he had terrible feelings of guilt
    
  • I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  intuitive feeling , touch , touch sensation , tactual sensation , tactile sensation , spirit , tone , feel , flavor , flavour , look , smell , impression , belief , notion , opinion