(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an emotion, such as anger or happiness.
It gave me a ~ of satisfaction...
I think our main ~ would be of an immense gratitude...
He was unable to contain his own destructive ~s.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n
2.
Your ~s about something are the things that you think and feel about it, or your attitude towards it.
She has strong ~s about the alleged growth in violence against female officers...
I think that sums up the ~s of most discerning and intelligent Indians...
He made no real secret of his ~s to his friends.
N-PLURAL: with supp, oft with poss, oft N about n/-ing
3.
When you refer to someone’s ~s, you are talking about the things that might embarrass, offend, or upset them. For example, if you hurt someone’s ~s, you upset them by something that you say or do.
He was afraid of hurting my ~s...
He has no respect, no regard for anyone’s ~s...
N-PLURAL: usu poss N
4.
Feeling is a way of thinking and reacting to things which is emotional and not planned rather than logical and practical.
He was prompted to a rare outburst of ~.
...a voice that trembles with ~.
= emotion
N-UNCOUNT
5.
Feeling for someone is love, affection, sympathy, or concern for them.
Thomas never lost his ~ for Harriet...
It’s incredible that Peter can behave with such stupid lack of ~.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N for n
6.
If you have a ~ of hunger, tiredness, or other physical sensation, you experience it.
I also had a strange ~ in my neck...
He experienced ~s of claustrophobia from being in a small place.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n
7.
Feeling in part of your body is the ability to experience the sense of touch in this part of the body.
After the accident he had no ~ in his legs.
N-UNCOUNT
8.
If you have a ~ that something is the case or that something is going to happen, you think that is probably the case or that it is probably going to happen.
I have a ~ that everything will come right for us one day...
You have a ~ about people, and I just felt she was going to be good.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N about n, N that
9.
Feeling is used to refer to a general opinion that a group of people has about something.
There is still some ~ in the art world that the market for such works may be declining...
It seemed that anti-Fascist ~ was not being encouraged.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp, oft N that
10.
If you have a ~ of being in a particular situation, you feel that you are in that situation.
I had the terrible ~ of being left behind to bring up the baby while he had fun.
N-SING: N of -ing
11.
If you have a ~ for something, you have an understanding of it or a natural ability to do it.
Try to get a ~ for the people who live here...
You seem to have a ~ for drawing.
N-SING: a N for n
12.
If something such as a place or book creates a particular kind of ~, it creates a particular kind of atmosphere.
That’s what we tried to portray in the book, this ~ of opulence and grandeur.
N-SING: with supp
13.
see also feel
14.
Bad ~ or ill ~ is bitterness or anger which exists between people, for example after they have had an argument.
There’s been some bad ~ between the two families.
PHRASE: oft PHR between n
15.
Hard ~s are ~s of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say ‘no hard ~s’, you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
I don’t want any hard ~s between our companies...
He held out his large hand. ‘No hard ~s, right?’
PHRASE
16.
You say ‘I know the ~’ to show that you understand or feel sorry about a problem or difficult experience that someone is telling you about. (SPOKEN)
CONVENTION ~s
17.
If you have mixed ~s about something or someone, you feel uncertain about them because you can see both good and bad points about them.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR about n