feeling

Etymology

From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.

adj

1. Emotionally sensitive.
   Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
   He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

noun

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.
   Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar. January 12 2022, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31
3. (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
   You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
4. (always in the plural) 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.
   I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
   Got on a lucky one / Came in eighteen to one / I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you 1987, “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues
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

verb

1. present participle and gerund of feel