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 brand’s calling card is creating vintage designs, like aspirational patchwork quilts, at realistic price points and with feel-good materials, like 100% linen and 100% cotton.
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
Billed as a feel-good dramedy, Sopelana plays Mila who inherits her father’s video store.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
What begins as your standard feel-good speech soon becomes a race against the playoff music to thank as many people as possible.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
The finding wasn’t a feel-good HR initiative, Kapilashrami explained.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
Billed as a feel-good dramedy, Sopelana plays Mila who inherits her father’s video store.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
What begins as your standard feel-good speech soon becomes a race against the playoff music to thank as many people as possible.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
The finding wasn’t a feel-good HR initiative, Kapilashrami explained.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
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 11 Mar. 2026.
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