What does "feeling" mean?

Sensation, particularly through the skin.

What is a synonym for "feeling"?

Common synonyms include: impression, presentiment, spirit, touch, action, affect.

//ˈfi.lɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Noun

1
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
"The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling."
2
the experiencing of affective and emotional states wordnet
3
Emotion; impression.
"The house gave me a feeling of dread."
4
an intuitive understanding of something wordnet
5
Emotional state or well-being.
"You really hurt my feelings when you said that."

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6
a physical sensation that you experience wordnet
7
Emotional attraction or desire. plural-normally
"Many people still have feelings for their first love."
8
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin wordnet
9
Intuition.
"He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition."
10
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed wordnet
11
An opinion, an attitude.
"When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away."
12
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people wordnet

Verb

Adjective

1
Emotionally sensitive.
"Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling."
2
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
"He made a feeling representation of his wrongs."