feel-good
adjective
1
: relating to or promoting an often specious sense of satisfaction or well-being
a feel-good reform program that makes no changes
2
: cheerfully sentimental
a feel-good movie
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The Steelers entered the bye week with a feel-good win in Dublin.
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Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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—Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
To that end, Martinez also recommends finishing the meal with a hot drink to enhance the feel-good effect—especially if the drink contains adaptogens that are known for soothing the body and mind.
—Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
The overriding emotion in South Florida should be less feel-good than feel relief, but all of it surely dampened by Hill’s injury.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Mike Defabo, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Dig into more feel-good stories below.
—Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
To that end, Martinez also recommends finishing the meal with a hot drink to enhance the feel-good effect—especially if the drink contains adaptogens that are known for soothing the body and mind.
—Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
The overriding emotion in South Florida should be less feel-good than feel relief, but all of it surely dampened by Hill’s injury.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for feel-good
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“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel-good. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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