Collocations for "feeling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "feeling" in context.
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feel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- feel [hot, cold, happy, sad, down]
- [she, her forehead, his cheek] feels [hot]
- feeling [OK, good, dizzy, fine]
- feel [good, bad, anxious] (about)
- feel [guilty, ashamed, threatened, afraid, silly]
- feeling [better, worse]
- feel the same (way)
- feel at [home, ease, peace]
- feel [in control, out of place]
- make her feel [good, attractive, loved]
- [the way, how] it made me feel
- [the way, how] I feel about him
- the way [many, some] feel (about)
- how do you feel about
- how are you feeling?
- (can't) stop feeling [like this, this way]
- [don't, try not to] feel too bad about
- feel [sickness, pain, happiness, sadness]
- feel the [wind, sun, heat]
- felt [her breath, his hand] on my [neck, cheek, arm]
- feel the [fabric, texture]
- feel the [need, desire, urge] for
- feel the [need, desire] to
- feel like [eating, singing, going]
- feel under the weather
- (really) feel for you
- feel like [having, going, making]
- feels [like, as though, as if]
- it feels [important, necessary] (to)
- felt his away [around, across, out of] the room
- felt around [in the dark, for the light switch]
- felt myself [flying, floating, struggling]
- slang: I'm not feeling it
- made [itself, his presence] felt
- slang: felt her up
- a [silky, smooth, velvety, rough] feel
- [rough] to the feel
- has a [rough] feel to it
- the feel of [leather, down, the wind]
- the feel of [leather] against the [skin, face]
- [took, had] a feel of the [fabric, material]
- [love, hate] the feel of
- can tell it's [velvet, silk] by the feel (of it)
- has a [pleasant, uncomfortable] feel
- the feel of [your apartment, this club]
- get the feel of the [game, job, class]
- am still getting the feel of
- am starting to get a feel for it
- am starting to get the feel of it
- has a natural feel for the [game]
- slang: (I'm getting) (all) the feels
'feeling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
OK
- abandon
- achievement
- aching
- add
- adventurous
- almost
- alone
- anger
- anxious
- appalled
- apprehensive
- awful
- backpack
- bad
- bad-tempered
- beating
- better
- bewildered
- biting
- bizarre
- bliss
- bloated
- blue
- bottle
- capture
- chilled
- chilly
- clumsy
- collar
- community
- compare
- confident
- conscious
- conviction
- cranky
- creep
- creeping
- creepy
- cuddly
- depressed
- determination
- dislike
- dispel
- distraught
- dizzy
- down
- dread
- drowsy
- eerie