feeling

Roget category 821

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.1. Affections in general
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#821. Feeling

noun

feeling — suffering etc. v. — endurance, tolerance, sufferance, supportance^†, experience, response — sympathy etc. (love) 897 — impression, inspiration, affection, sensation, emotion, pathos, deep sense.
warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence — fervor, fervency — heartiness, cordiality — earnestness, eagerness — empressement [Fr.], gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore^†, fanaticism — excitation of feeling etc. 824 — fullness of the heart etc. (disposition) 820 — passion etc. (state of excitability) 825 — ecstasy etc. (pleasure) 827.
blush, suffusion, flush — hectic — tingling, thrill, turn, shock — agitation etc. (irregular motion) 315 — quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor — throb, throbbing — pulsation, palpitation, panting — trepidation, perturbation — ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment — state of excitement.

verb

feel — receive an impression etc. n. — be impressed with etc. adj. — entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling etc. n.. respond — catch the flame, catch the infection — enter the spirit of.
bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole [Scot.], aby^† — abide etc. (be composed) 826 — experience etc. (meet with) 151 — taste, prove — labor under, smart under — bear the brunt of, brave, stand.
swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle — turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face — tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter — shake etc. 315 — be agitated, be excited etc. 824 — look blue, look black — wince — draw a deep breath.
impress etc. (excite the feelings) 824.

adjective

feeling etc. v. — sentient — sensuous — sensorial, sensory — emotive, emotional — of feeling, with feeling etc. n.. warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive — keen, keen as a razor — trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic.
impressive, deep, profound, indelible — deep felt, home felt, heartfelt — swelling, soul-stirring, deep-mouthed, heart-expanding, electric, thrilling, rapturous, ecstatic.
earnest, wistful, eager, breathless — fervent — fervid — gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming — boiling over.
pervading, penetrating, absorbing — rabid, raving, feverish, fanatical, hysterical — impetuous etc. (excitable) 825.
impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with etc. 82 — devoured by — wrought up etc. (excited) 824 — struck all of a heap — rapt — in a quiver etc. n. — enraptured etc. 829.

adverb

heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore [Lat.], at heart, con amore [It], heartily, devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels.

phrase

the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking — the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy) 897.

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