Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - feeling

~1 n 1 »ANGER/SADNESS/JOY ETC« something that you feel such as anger, sadness, or happiness + of  (She suddenly had a great feeling of relief. | Feelings of guilt are common in such cases. | It's a wonderful feeling to be back home again.) the feeling's mutual (=used to say that you have the same feeling about someone as they have about you)  ("I don't ever want to see you again." "The feeling's mutual." | feelings are running high (=people are very angry or excited))  (It was the last game of the season, and feelings were running high.) 2 »OPINION« what you think and feel about a situation  (My own personal feeling is that we should be very careful.) + on  (What are your feelings on the issue of abortion?) + abou  (I think I've already made my feelings about this perfectly clear.) have mixed feelings (=not be sure what you feel or think)  (Parents often have mixed feelings about their children leaving home.) 3 have/get the feeling (that) to think that something is probably true, or will probably happen  (Leslie suddenly got the feeling that somebody was watching her. | I've got a horrible feeling I forgot to turn off the cooker.) 4 »GENERAL ATTITUDE« a general attitude among a group of people about a subject + against/in favour of  (Johnson underestimated the strength of public feeling against the war in Vietnam.) 5 »HEAT/COLD/PAIN ETC« something that you feel in your body such as heat, cold, tiredness etc  (I keep getting this funny feeling (=a strange feeling) in my neck. | feelings of dizziness.) 6 »ABILITY TO FEEL« the ability to feel pain, heat etc in part of your body  (Herzog had lost all feeling in his toes.) 7 »EFFECT OF A PLACE/BOOK ETC« the effect that a place, book, film etc has on people and the way it makes them feel  (Glastonbury has a great feeling of history about it.) 8 I know the feeling spoken used to say that you understand how someone feels because you have had the same experience  ("It's so embarrassing when you can't remember someone's name." "I know the feeling.") 9 bad/ill feeling anger, lack of trust etc between people, especially after an argument or unfair decision  (The recent rail strikes have caused a lot of ill feeling.) 10 with feeling in a way that shows you feel very angry, happy etc  (Chang spoke with feeling about the injustices of the regime.) 11 a feeling (for) a) an ability to do something or understand a subject, which you get from experience  (It's difficult to explain - you just get this feeling for it.) b) a natural ability to do something  (She has a real feeling for the violin.) 12 »EMOTIONS NOT THOUGHT« a way of reacting to things using your emotions, instead of thinking about them carefully  (The Romantic writers valued feeling above all else.)  (- see also no hard feelings hard1 (26), hurt sb's feelings hurt1 (5)) ~2 adj showing strong feelings  (a feeling look) - feelingly adv