feeling

adj. sensitive, perceptive; full of emotion; sympathetic

n. sensation; perception; emotion; pity, compassion

v. physically sense; emotionally sense; examine by touching; find one's way by touch, grope; believe, think; seem

Feeling in psychology is usually reserved for the conscious subjective experience of emotion. As such, it is inherently beyond the reach of scientific method. Phenomenology and heterophenomenology are philosophical approaches that provide some basis for knowledge of feelings. Many schools of psychotherapy depend on the therapist achieving some kind of understanding of the the client's feelings, for which methodologies exist. Some theories of interpersonal relationships also have a role for shared feelings or understanding of another person's feelings.
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Feel·ing n. 1. The sensation involving perception by touch. 2. A physical sensation, as of pain. 3. [more]Feeling - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
(hypernym) psychological feature
(hyponym) affect
(derivation) feel, experience
2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
(synonym) impression, belief, notion, opinion
(hypernym) idea, thought
(hyponym) presence
(derivation) find, feel
3. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
(synonym) spirit, tone, feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell
(hypernym) atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
(hyponym) Hollywood
(derivation) feel
4. a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
(hypernym) somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation
(hyponym) constriction
(derivation) feel, sense
5. the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
(synonym) touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation
(hypernym) perception
(hyponym) cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation
(derivation) feel, finger
6. an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"
(synonym) intuitive feeling
(hypernym) intuition
(hyponym) sprachgefuhl

Noun
1. an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";
(hypernym) awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
(derivation) find
2. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
(synonym) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
(hypernym) atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
(hyponym) Hollywood
3. a property perceived by touch
(synonym) tactile property
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) touch
(derivation) palpate
4. manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
(hypernym) foreplay, arousal, stimulation
Verb
1. undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
(synonym) experience
(hyponym) recapture
(see-also) feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with
(derivation) feelings
2. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
(synonym) find
(hypernym) reason, reason out, conclude
(verb-group) rule, find
3. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
(synonym) sense
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(derivation) tactile property
4. seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) feel like a million, feel like a million dollars
5. have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
(hypernym) think, believe, consider, conceive
(derivation) feelings
6. undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
7. be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
(hyponym) crawl
(verb-group) sense
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
8. grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
(hyponym) grope for, scrabble
(entail) touch
(verb-group) finger
(derivation) tactile property
9. examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
(synonym) finger
(entail) touch
(derivation) barbel, feeler
10. examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
(synonym) palpate
(hypernym) touch
(derivation) tactile property
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine
11. find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
(hypernym) find, regain
(derivation) barbel, feeler
12. produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
(hypernym) look, appear, seem
(derivation) spirit, tone, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell
13. pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
(hypernym) touch
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

n. empathy, sympathy