Underfeeling
//ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A secondary or subconscious feeling.
"‘It is from a more general cause: simply an underfeeling I have that at the most propitious moment the distance to the possibility of sorrow is so short that a man's spirits must not rise higher than mere cheerfulness out of bare respect to his insight.’"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of underfeel form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"‘It is from a more general cause: simply an underfeeling I have that at the most propitious moment the distance to the possibility of sorrow is so short that a man's spirits must not rise higher than mere cheerfulness out of bare respect to his insight.’"
Etymology
From under- + feeling.
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