underfeeling
UK/ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/
underfeeling noun: a secondary or subconscious feeling. Also the present participle and gerund of underfeel.
Noun
underfeeling (plural underfeelings)
- A secondary or subconscious feeling.
- ‘It is from a more general cause: simply an underfeeling I have that at the most propitious moment the distance to the possibility of sorrow is so short that a man's spirits must not rise higher than mere cheerfulness out of bare respect to his insight.’1876, Thomas Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta
- She had said to him: ‘Oh…a little caviare! A peach!’ a long time before, with the vague under-feeling that the names of such comestibles must convey to her person a charm in the eyes of Caliban.1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 92
Also used as
underfeeling is also the present participle and gerund of underfeel.
Forms of underfeeling
| plural | underfeelings |
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Origin of underfeeling
From under- + feeling.
Questions about underfeeling
- What does underfeeling mean?
- Underfeeling means a secondary or subconscious feeling.
- What part of speech is underfeeling?
- Underfeeling is a noun.
- How do you pronounce underfeeling?
- Underfeeling is pronounced /ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of underfeeling?
- The plural of underfeeling is underfeelings.
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