Sensing
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noun
- Generalized bodily consciousness or sensation
- Appreciative or responsive awareness or recognition
"experience a feeling of safety"
- An emotional state or reaction
"a kindly feeling toward the boy"
- Susceptibility to impression sensitivity
"the remark hurt her feelings"
- The undifferentiated background of one's awareness considered apart from any identifiable sensation, perception, or thought
- The overall quality of one's awareness
- Conscious recognition sense
- Often unreasoned opinion or belief sentiment
"What are your feelings about this subject?"
- Presentiment
"I have a feeling she's not going to like this."
- Capacity to respond emotionally especially with the higher emotions
"found out how much feeling his mother really had"
- The character ascribed to something atmosphere
"The place had the feeling of a haunted house."
- The quality of a work of art that conveys the emotion of the artist
"the feeling of the outdoors has been realized with sky-blue ceiling and natural colors"
- Sympathetic aesthetic response
"a person of fine feeling"
- Feel
adjective
- Sentient, sensitive
- Easily moved emotionally
- Deeply felt
- Expressing emotion or sensitivity
verb
- To handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality
"She felt the fabric to see if it was wool."
- To perceive by a physical sensation coming from discrete end organs (as of the skin or muscles)
"He felt a sudden pain in his leg."
- To undergo passive experience of
"continually felt the resentment of his competitors"
- To have one's sensibilities markedly affected by
"felt the insult deeply"
- To ascertain by cautious trial
- To be aware of by instinct or inference
"feel trouble brewing"
- Believe, think
"say what you really feel"
- To understand (someone) to know how (someone) feels
"Yeah, I feel you on that. I fall asleep every time I'm in the car as well."
- To receive or be able to receive a tactile sensation
"lost the ability to feel in his fingertips"
- To search for something by using the sense of touch
"She felt in her purse for her keys."
- To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, or physical condition
"I feel sick."
- To have a marked sentiment or opinion
"feels strongly about it"
- Seem
"it feels like spring today"
- To have sympathy or pity
"I feel for you"
noun
- A feeling of community of interest or of mutual understanding
noun
- Self-centered emotion
idiom
- A sensation of (some emotional or physical state, such as comfort, loyalty, safety, etc.)
"The new security patrols gave residents a feeling of safety."
noun
- An expectation that something will be go well
"I have a good feeling about this project."
idiom
- To understand how someone feels about something
""I could really use a vacation." "I know the feeling.""
noun
- A feeling of dread or discouragement
"She got that sinking feeling as she viewed the storm damage."
noun
- A good, pleasant, or friendly feeling
This clue was used on December 25, 2024.
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