Feel

When the verb feel is used in the sense "to think or believe," it typically implies believing or having an opinion on the basis of emotion or intuition, even in circumstances unsupported by much real evidence. Although some usage experts object, such use is well established in English and can be traced as far back as Middle English. When feel is used specifically to express a subjective impression, it is often used with as if, as though, or that and followed by a full sentence: I felt as if my world had come to an end. He feels as though it is always raining. I feel that things will get better now. More informally, feel can be used without as if/as though/that : I feel he's guilty. And a full sentence does not have to follow: I felt his answer to be impolite. In the same sense of "to think or believe," an alternative phrase feel like is found in informal or casual speech. This use of feel like typically expresses an opinion or emotional sentiment with a softened or tentative tone: I feel like nothing is getting done here. I feel like he is just too arrogant. Though increasingly common, use of the phrase feel like has been criticized as lazy thinking that ignores real evidence, while avoiding confrontation and debate. feel In addition to the idioms beginning with feel • feel bad • feel blue • feel for • feel free • feel in one's bones • feel like • feel like death • feel like oneself • feel like two cents • feel no pain • feel oneself • feel one's oats • feel one's way • fe...

/fil/ Other forms: feels If you put your hand on someone's arm, they will feel your touch; if you give them a piece of really bad news, they will feel sad. Feel means to be aware of a physical or emotional sensation. Feel is most often used as a verb, meaning to physically touch or grope something or to be conscious of something emotionally. There's also a noun form of feel, which describes an awareness of something or the physical property of something, like in the sentences, "This place has the feel of a palace," or "She told me it was cotton, but it has the feel of silk." IXL Comprehensive K-12 personalized learning Rosetta Stone Immersive learning for 25 languages Wyzant Trusted tutors for 300 subjects Education.com 35,000 worksheets, games, and lesson plans TPT Marketplace for millions of educator-created resources ABCya Fun educational games for kids SpanishDict Spanish-English dictionary, translator, and learning Emmersion Fast and accurate language certification Copyright © 2023 Vocabulary.com, Inc., a division of IXL Learning • All Rights Reserved. • Log Out • My Learning • My Proficiency Report • My Profile • Schools & Teachers • My Classes • My SAT Roadmap • My TOEFL Roadmap • My ACT Roadmap • My GRE Roadmap • Assignments & Activities • My Lists • Find a List to Learn... • Create a New List... • My Progress • Words I'm Learning • My Trouble Words • Words I've Mastered • My Achievements • User Administration • User Authentication • My Account

Source: Tobias Bjorkli/Pexels I Feel My Feelings! Probably Not In my family, I was the “emotional one.” Even as I kid I remember throwing angry tantrums when things didn’t go my way, crying when I got hurt or scared, running around the house with joy and glee. My feelings came on big and swift and moved on quickly, leaving my parents a little bewildered, trying their best to respond. Plenty of emotional ups and downs continued into adulthood, and if you had asked me then if I knew how to feel my feelings, my response would have been “of course!” Uh, no. I had feelings. They rolled around in the background with different degrees of awareness. I pushed some away without even knowing it. Others spilled out unexpectedly. Often I acted out my feelings in ways that were not always helpful. But I didn’t really know how to skillfully feel my feelings. This subtle and challenging skill does not come naturally, but it can be learned. Without it, we are truly at the whim of our emotional weather, unable to deeply know ourselves, and lacking a grounded compass for choosing our actions wisely. The Function of Emotion Is to Drive Rapid Behavior (Not Feel) Negative or threat-related emotions (such as perceives a threat to our fundamental goals or needs or the well-being of loved ones. Negative feelings also mobilize the body for action, but they motivate avoidance behavior: efforts aimed at escaping, reducing, fighting, or controlling the threat and the associated feelings. Let’s say whe...

Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. But if you’re always feeling tired, it can be more than just not getting enough sleep. Feeling tired can stem from more serious issues like sleep apnea, depression, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. Family medicine specialist Jared Ankerman, MD, discusses the different reasons you might be feeling so tired. What’s causing you to be so tired? Are being tired and feeling fatigued the same thing? Yes and no, says Dr. Ankerman. “In today’s day and age, we use those terms interchangeably, which isn’t correct,” he says. “Tiredness is something that is natural. You might be tired after a busy day at work or exercising. That’s normal and most people experience that.” On the other hand, fatigue is more intense than just being tired. “No matter how much you rest, or how little you do, you still have this feeling of not having a ton of energy or ability to do much,” says Dr. Ankerman. “It can sometimes be a sign of something more serious going on.” So what might be causing you to be tired or feel Anemia If you have an iron deficiency, Anemia is the most common blood condition in the U.S., affecting an estimated 3 million Americans. Sleep apnea Are you waking up throughout the night? You may have While sleep apnea can lead to other health problems like high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attacks, it can also cau...