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feeling

noun
  1. A particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact: feel, touch. See touch
  2. The faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation: feel, tactility, touch. See touch
  3. An act of touching: palpation, touch. See touch
  4. The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus: sensation, sense, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment. See awareness
  5. A general cast of mind with regard to something: attitude, sentiment. See attitude
  6. A complex and usually strong subjective response, such as love or hate: affection, affectivity, emotion, sentiment. See feelings
  7. The quality or condition of being emotionally and intuitively sensitive: sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity. See awareness
  8. Something believed or accepted as true by a person: belief, conviction, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment, view. See opinion
  9. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic: air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feel, mood, smell, tone. See be
  10. Intuitive cognition: hunch, idea, impression, intuition, suspicion. See thoughts
adjective
  1. Cognizant of and comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and views of others: empathetic, empathic, sympathetic, understanding. See understand
  2. Readily stirred by emotion: emotional, sensitive. See feelings

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