feel bad

Verb

feel bad (third-person singular simple present feels bad, present participle feeling bad, simple past and past participle felt bad)

1. (intransitive, literally) To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.
   • It feels really bad to get hit with a baseball bat.
   1. (intransitive, literally) To feel ill or sick.
      • After chemo, I felt bad.
2. (figuratively) To feel remorse or shame for one's actions.
   • I feel bad about what I did. I won't do it again.
   • I felt bad that I was leaving my home again.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To feel pity for, to empathize with.
   • With all the things he went through, I felt pretty bad for him.