noun
1 sth that you feel/sense
ADJECTIVE
▪ strong
▪ overwhelming
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Rielle had an overwhelming ~ of guilt.
▪ definite , distinct
▪ nagging , sneaking , sneaky , vague
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I had a nagging ~ that I had forgotten something.
▪ amazing , awesome ( informal , esp. AmE ), glorious , good , great , incredible , marvellous/marvelous , nice , pleasant , warm , wonderful
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It was a good ~ to be arriving home again.
▪ fuzzy
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It gave me a warm fuzzy ~ to hear him say that.
▪ awful , bad , horrible , nasty , queasy , sick , sickening , sinking , terrible , tight
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He suddenly had a terrible sinking ~ in the pit of his stomach.
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I have a tight ~ in my stomach.
▪ painful
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the painful ~ in his gut
▪ creepy ( informal ), uncomfortable , uneasy
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She gives me this creepy ~.
▪ empty , hollow
▪ guilty
▪ curious , eerie , funny , odd , peculiar , strange , weird
▪ familiar
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I started to get a familiar ~ in my stomach.
▪ gut , instinctive
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My gut ~ was that we couldn't trust her.
▪ general , popular , public , widespread
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The general ~ of the meeting was against the decision.
▪ nationalist , patriotic
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There's a great patriotic ~ in the country.
VERB + FEELING
▪ experience , feel , get , have
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He felt a wonderful warm ~ come over him.
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Do you get the ~ that we're not welcome here?
▪ give sb , leave sb with
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She was left with the ~ that he did not care.
▪ shake
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I couldn't shake the ~ that something was wrong with him.
▪ know ( informal )
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‘I really resent the way he treated me.’ ‘I know the ~ (= I know how you feel) .’
▪ arouse , evoke , inspire
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a case that has aroused strong public ~
▪ ignore
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She ignored the queasy ~ in her stomach.
▪ enjoy , like , love
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She loved the ~ of being close to him.
▪ hate
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I hated the ~ of uncertainty.
FEELING + VERB
▪ come over sb , creep over sb
▪ be mutual
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‘I'm going to miss you.’ ‘The feeling's mutual (= I feel exactly the same) .’
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
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I had a ~ about that place.
▪ ~ of
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a ~ of excitement
2 feelings opinions/emotions/love
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , intense , strong
▪ ambivalent , mixed
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I had mixed ~s about meeting them again.
▪ genuine
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a sweet old man with genuine ~s for Virginia
▪ positive , tender , warm
▪ bad , hostile , ill , negative
▪ hurt , injured ( esp. BrE )
▪ guilt
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I don't have those guilt ~s any more.
▪ inner , innermost , real , true
▪ pent-up
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She could finally release her pent-up ~s.
▪ personal
▪ human
▪ religious
▪ sexual
▪ romantic
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I can bring out Aminta's romantic ~s.
VERB + FEELINGS
▪ experience , harbour/harbor , have , suffer
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She experienced a whole range of ~s.
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He still harboured/harbored ~s of resentment.
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She was lucky that she had suffered no more than hurt ~s.
▪ develop
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They begin to develop ~s for one another.
▪ admit , confess , express , give vent to , let out , release , reveal , show , vent , voice
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Heather is slowly admitting her ~s.
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He finds it difficult to express his ~s.
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I finally gave vent to my ~s and started yelling at him.
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He wanted just to be able to let his ~s out.
▪ articulate , convey , describe , discuss , explain , talk about
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We discussed our innermost ~s.
▪ capture , reflect
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Her poems reflected her personal ~s.
▪ bottle up , bury , deny , fight , fight back , hide , hold back , keep to yourself , mask , repress , suppress
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I fought back my ~s of jealousy.
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I kept my ~s to myself.
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She tried to hide her true ~s.
▪ ignore
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I tried to ignore my irrational ~s of jealousy.
▪ hurt
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I'm sorry if I've hurt your ~s.
▪ spare
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We didn't tell Jane because we wanted to spare her ~s.
▪ arouse , engender , evoke , inspire
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The debate aroused strong ~s on both sides.
▪ heighten
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It was the practical aspect of life that heightened her ~s of loneliness and loss.
▪ sort out , understand
▪ reciprocate , return
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Although she did not reciprocate his ~s, she did not discourage him.
▪ share
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He had never been one to share his ~s.
FEELINGS + VERB
▪ sweep over sb , wash over sb , well up inside sb
▪ run high ( esp. BrE )
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Feelings were running high as the meeting continued.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
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I don't have any strong ~s about it one way or the other.
▪ ~ for
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She still had a lot of ~s for David.
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It makes no difference to my ~s for you.
▪ ~ of
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his ~s of grief
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He was determined to banish all ~s of guilt.
▪ ~ on
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I have mixed ~s on that.
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What are your ~s on this issue?
▪ ~ towards/toward
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her ~s of anger towards/toward him
PHRASES
▪ no hard ~s ( informal )
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Someone has to lose. No hard ~s, eh?
3 understanding/sensitivity/sympathy
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , wonderful
▪ genuine
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What I love about this book is its genuine ~ for people.
VERB + FEELING
▪ have
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You have no ~ for the sufferings of others.
▪ develop
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He had developed a ~ for when not to disturb her.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
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She spoke with ~ about the plight of the homeless.
▪ ~ for
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She has a wonderful ~ for texture.
4 ( also feelings esp. in AmE ) anger
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , ill
VERB + FEELING
▪ cause , create , lead to
▪ stir up
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
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Their aim was to stir up ~/~s against the war.
▪ ~ between
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I don't want any bad ~/~s between us.
5 ability to feel physically
VERB + FEELING
▪ lose
▪ regain
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
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After the accident he lost all ~ in his legs.
6 atmosphere
VERB + FEELING
▪ create , recreate
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They have managed to recreate the ~ of the original building.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
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The drink gave me a ~ of confidence.