Lexic.us

Definition of Feelings

1. Noun. Emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity). "The remark hurt his feelings"

Definition of Feelings

1. Noun. (plural of feeling) ¹

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Definition of Feelings

1. feeling [n] - See also: feeling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feelings

Literary usage of Feelings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRATIC IDEAS AND feelings OS POLITICAL SOCIETY. I SHOULD imperfectly fulfil the purpose of this book, if, after having shown what ideas and ..."

2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"... it was impossible for them, if they spoke at all . to keep clear of every subject which her feelings connected with him, CHAPTER XVL MARIANNE would have ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1918)
"These results are tabulated below : If we consider the number of "mixed feelings" reported, we find the following rank order: K, H, F, O, G, Di and W, Da, ..."

4. The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer (1897)
"Here we have to inquire how, wlien vivid forms of feelings have been experienced, it happens that faint forms of feelings like them afterwards arise. ..."

5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Such feelings ought to be investigated, that they may know themselves." Catherine, by some chance or other, found her spirits so very much relieved by this ..."

6. Teachers College Record by Columbia University. Teachers College (1900)
"These feelings of meaning are very important in all our higher sorts of thinking. When the feeling is that we mean every one of a class of things (eg, ..."

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