feeling

«feeling» in Mova's school dictionary: An emotion such as happy, sad, angry or scared — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (feeling, feelings); verb (-ing form of feel); adjective (feeling — showing emotions)

meaning for a pupil

1) An emotion such as happy, sad, angry or scared. tree →

2) Something you feel in your body: "a feeling of cold". tree →

3) An idea or belief that is not sure: "I have a feeling it will rain." tree →

4) "Feelings" also means someone's emotions that can be hurt: "hurt her feelings". tree →

5) The ability to feel with touch: "no feeling in my fingers". tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and feelings lessons: all feelings are OK, but some actions are not; name your feeling, breathe, and talk to a trusted adult. In safety: a bad or "uh-oh" feeling can warn you that something is wrong — listen to it. In stories, feelings show what characters care about. Phrases: hurt someone's feelings, gut feeling, mixed feelings, no hard feelings, a funny feeling.

examples

• What feeling do you have right now? tree →
• Don't hurt her feelings. tree →
• I had a funny feeling something was wrong. tree →
• It's OK to have angry feelings. tree →
• My fingers have no feeling in the cold. tree →
• I have a feeling we'll win. tree →
• Talk about your feelings with someone you trust. tree →
• No hard feelings, okay? tree →
• Walter got up feeling very foolish. tree →

note

"Feelings" is plural when it means emotions that can be hurt. Your feelings are real even when others can't see them. A "gut feeling" is a sense that something is right or wrong without knowing why.

In the corpora

• Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.
• Grown-ups sometimes cry "happy tears" when they feel strong happy feelings like love or pride.
• A crush means really liking someone and thinking about them a lot; it is a private feeling and often passes.
• Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.
• Feeling jealous of a new baby is very common, and parents still love the older child just as much.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «feeling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.