n. 1
Emotion; impression.
The house gave me a feeling of dread.
n. 2
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
n. 3
Emotional state or well-being.
You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
adj. 1
Emotionally sensitive.
Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.

Related words

Phrases: fellow feeling gut feeling bad feeling ill feeling feeling no pain

Forms

Plural: feelings → emotions, impressions, sensations, senses…

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or Feeling?

Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

sense Who, that has common sense, would do such a thing?
impression His speech made a deep impression on the students.
emotion It'd be great if joy was the only emotion we felt.
sensation The hair style of the Beatles created a sensation.
touching Ziri was moving the trash can without touching it.
knack I am not an artist. I never had the knack for it.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
feeling		rising
sense		rising
impression		steady
emotion		rising
sensation		rising
touching		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: look¹, soul¹, tone¹, mood¹, vibe¹, aura², tact¹
5 letters: sense¹, touch¹, smell¹, knack¹
6 letters: spirit², belief², notion², tender², pathos²
7 letters: contact², opinion³, passion², emotion³
8 letters: touching², sentient
9 letters: sensitive³, sentiment³, sensation³, affection³
10 letters: experience⁴, atmosphere³, expression³, impression³, perception³, tenderness³
11 letters: sympathetic⁴, sensibility⁵
12 letters: presentiment
13 letters: consciousness³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aura² = 2 syllables).