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feeling.

Emotionally sensitive.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/Australia, UK/ˈfi.lɪŋ/Canada, US
  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.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/Australia, UK/ˈfi.lɪŋ/Canada, US
  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. Emotional state or well-being.

    You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
  4. Emotional attraction or desire.

    plural-normally
    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.
  6. An opinion, an attitude.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈfiː.lɪŋ/Australia, UK/ˈfi.lɪŋ/Canada, US
  1. present participle and gerund of feel

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

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

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