as in passions
general emotional condition
a remark that thoughtlessly hurt her feelings
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Recent Examples of feelings
Falk said tariffs have soured international customers’ feelings about doing business with American farmers.
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Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The playoffs are not a time for teams to worry about feelings.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Having such big feelings about the pretend baseball team strikes me as exhausting, among other things.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
Leaders would also do well to better understand human motivation — people’s intrinsic drivers, not just their feelings — to design strategies that minimize negative reactions and maximize engagement with ideas, not to mention to drive more successful change initiatives.
—David Rock, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Throughout the day, adenosine gradually accumulates as a byproduct of brain activity, increasing feelings of sleepiness by inhibiting wake-promoting regions such as the basal forebrain.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026
During her Nobel Lecture, Kang repeatedly appeals to language as a means to kinsmanship, describing her feelings of astonishment at its capacity to transmit her interiority to her readers.
—Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
And that last item often puts us closer to those teenage feelings than heartbreak ever can.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
Even the hard feelings around Nutting seemed to be easing after the promise of bigger spending, better players and – presumably – a bunch more wins.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The playoffs are not a time for teams to worry about feelings.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
Having such big feelings about the pretend baseball team strikes me as exhausting, among other things.
—Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
Leaders would also do well to better understand human motivation — people’s intrinsic drivers, not just their feelings — to design strategies that minimize negative reactions and maximize engagement with ideas, not to mention to drive more successful change initiatives.
—David Rock, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Throughout the day, adenosine gradually accumulates as a byproduct of brain activity, increasing feelings of sleepiness by inhibiting wake-promoting regions such as the basal forebrain.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026
During her Nobel Lecture, Kang repeatedly appeals to language as a means to kinsmanship, describing her feelings of astonishment at its capacity to transmit her interiority to her readers.
—Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
And that last item often puts us closer to those teenage feelings than heartbreak ever can.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026
Even the hard feelings around Nutting seemed to be easing after the promise of bigger spending, better players and – presumably – a bunch more wins.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feelings
Noun
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Diaries confirm that life is in the details, and in its passions, all of which Ford includes, all of which are inevitably subservient to time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Heating and cooling furnaces and AC units didn’t ignite Gabe Ashbach’s passions.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For the cover of the May 11 & 18, 2026, special issue, themed around America’s 250th birthday, the cartoonist Barry Blitt portrays George Washington, the country’s first President, caught in the spirit of the moment.—
Françoise Mouly,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Mayor Mamdani was elected with that spirit at the center of his agenda.—
Jonathan Timm,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Feelings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feelings. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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