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feels for

feels for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 feels for

What is feels for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Feels for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of feel for.

Words near feels for in the dictionary

  1. feelpinions
  2. feels
  3. feels around
  4. feels bad
  5. feels before reals
  6. feels for
  7. feels free
  8. feels in one's water
  9. feels in one's waters
  10. feels like
  11. feels like death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feels 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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