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feelings

UK/ˈfiː.lɪŋz//ˈfi.lɪŋz/

feelings is the plural of feeling.

Meaning of feeling

Noun

feeling (plural feelings)

  1. Sensation, particularly through the skin.
    • The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
  2. Emotion; impression.
    • The house gave me a feeling of dread.
  3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
    • You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
  4. (plural-normally) Emotional attraction or desire.
    • Many people still have feelings for their first love.
  5. Intuition.
    • He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
  6. An opinion, an attitude.
    • When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156

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Questions about feelings

What is feelings the plural of?
Feelings is the plural of feeling.
How do you pronounce feelings?
Feelings is pronounced /ˈfiː.lɪŋz/ (UK).

Words near feelings in the dictionary

  1. feelingless
  2. feelinglessly
  3. feelinglessness
  4. feelingly
  5. feelingness
  6. feelings
  7. feelness
  8. feelpinion
  9. feelpinions
  10. feels
  11. feels around

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