feeling

1. The experiencing of affective and emotional states (synset 100026390)
   "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
   is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
   • emotion - any strong feeling
   • thing - a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
   • glow - a feeling of considerable warmth
   • faintness - a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
   • soul, soulfulness - deep feeling or emotion
   • passion, passionateness - a strong feeling or emotion
   • sentiment - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
   • complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
   • ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions
   • apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
   • desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
   • sex, sexual urge - all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
   • pleasance, pleasure - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
   • pain, painfulness - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
   • pang, stab, twinge - a sudden sharp feeling
   • liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
   • dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy
   • gratitude - a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
   • ingratitude, ungratefulness - a lack of gratitude
   • unconcern - a feeling of lack of concern
   • shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
   • pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
   • humbleness, humility - a humble feeling
   • amazement, astonishment - the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
   • devastation - the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
   • expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen
   • levity - feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
   • gravity, solemnity - a solemn and dignified feeling
   • sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
   • agitation - the feeling of being agitated; not calm
   • calmness - a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement
   • bravery, fearlessness - feeling no fear
   • happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
   • sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
   • hope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
   • despair - the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
   • affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness - a positive feeling of liking
   • humor, humour, mood, temper - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
   • fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
   • enthusiasm - a feeling of excitement
2. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed (synset 105925333)
   "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"
   is a type of: idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
   subtypes:

   • presence - the impression that something is present
   • effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
   • first blush - at the first glimpse or impression
   • hunch, intuition, suspicion - an impression that something might be the case
   same as: belief, impression, notion, opinion
3. The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people (synset 114549784)
   "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
   is a type of: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence
   subtypes:

   • 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
   same as: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone
4. A physical sensation that you experience (synset 105729447)
   "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
   is a type of: somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
   subtypes: constriction, tightness - a tight feeling in some part of the body
5. The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin (synset 105730374)
   "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
   is a type of: perception - the process of perceiving
   subtypes:

   • creepiness - an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin
   • cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation - a sensation localized on the skin
   same as: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation
6. An intuitive understanding of something (synset 105715665)
   "he had a great feeling for music"
   is a type of: intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
   subtypes: sprachgefuhl - an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language
   same as: intuitive feeling

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