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feel-good

feel-good adjective: creating a feeling of happiness.

Adjective

feel-good (comparative more feel-good, superlative most feel-good)

  1. Creating a feeling of happiness.
    • Brilliant independent feature from first-time director Rose Troche, Go Fish is a feel-good movie aimed directly at lesbians but which has achieved an astonishing crossover appeal to straight audiences.2000, Alison Darren, Lesbian Film Guide, page 88
    • Personally, I think all of this upgraded, feel-good language is a further sign of America's increasing uncertainty about itself.2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 105
    Antonyms:
    feel-bad

Antonyms of feel-good

Forms of feel-good

comparativemore feel-good
superlativemost feel-good
alternative formfeelgood

Words formed from feel-good

Phrases with feel-good

Questions about feel-good

What does feel-good mean?
Feel-good means creating a feeling of happiness.
What part of speech is feel-good?
Feel-good is an adjective.

Words near feel-good in the dictionary

  1. feel the heat
  2. feel the pinch
  3. feel twelve feet tall
  4. feel up
  5. feel-bad
  6. feel-good
  7. feel-good factor
  8. feel-good factors
  9. feel-gooderies
  10. feel-goodery
  11. feel-goodism

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