Feel Definition
- be unaware of
- be insensitive to
- ignore
- disbelieve
Alternative form of fele.
Alternative form of fele.
- To have an intuition of.
- To have an inclination or desire for:
felt like going for a walk.
- To sense oneself as being in one's normal state of health or spirits:
I just don't feel like myself today.
- To be energetic and playful.
- To act in a self-important manner.
- to have an inclination or desire for
I feel like some ice cream
- to think or believe that
I feel like he's a fool
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Feel
- feel in (one's) bones
- feel like
- feel like (oneself)
- feel (one's) oats
- feel like
- feel (like) oneself
- feel out
- feel strongly about
- feel up
- feel one's way
Origin of Feel
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From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan (“to feel, perceive, touch”), from Proto-Germanic *fōlijaną (“to taste, feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelem-, *pal- (“to swing, shake”). Cognate with Scots fele (“to feel”), West Frisian fiele (“to sense, feel”), Dutch voelen (“to feel”), Low German fölen (“to feel”), föhlen, German fühlen (“to feel”), Danish føle (“to feel”), and through Indo-European, with Latin palpō (“touch, feel, caress, pat”), Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “swing, shake, shake loose”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English feele, fele, feole, from Old English fela, feala, feolo (“much, many”), from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélu- (“many”). Cognate with Scots fele (“much, many, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polýs, “many”). Related to full.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English felen from Old English fēlan pāl- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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