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feeling for

feeling for is the present participle and gerund of feel for.

Meaning of feel for

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.
    • I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.
  2. (idiomatic) To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).
    • He felt for his purse.

Questions about feeling for

What is feeling for the present participle and gerund of?
Feeling for is the present participle and gerund of feel for.

Words near feeling for in the dictionary

  1. feelies
  2. feelin'
  3. feeling
  4. feeling around
  5. feeling bad
  6. feeling for
  7. feeling free
  8. feeling in one's water
  9. feeling in one's waters
  10. feeling like
  11. feeling like death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feeling for (page history and authors); feel for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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