feel·ing

[fee-ling]

–noun

1.the function or the power of perceiving by touch.

2.physical sensation not connected with sight, hearing, taste, or smell.

3.a particular sensation of this kind: a feeling of warmth; a feeling of pain.

4.the general state of consciousness considered independently of particular sensations, thoughts, etc.

5.a consciousness or vague awareness: a feeling of inferiority.

6.an emotion or emotional perception or attitude: a feeling of joy; a feeling of sorrow.

7.capacity for emotion, especially compassion: to have great feeling for the sufferings of others.

8.a sentiment; attitude; opinion: The general feeling was in favor of the proposal.

9.feelings, sensibilities; susceptibilities: to hurt one’s feelings.

10.fine emotional endowment.

11.(in music, art, etc.)
    a.emotion or sympathetic perception revealed by an artist in his or her work: a poem without feeling.
    b.the general impression conveyed by a work: a landscape painting with a spacious feeling.
    c.sympathetic appreciation, as of music: to play with feeling.

  –adjective
12.sensitive; sentient.

13.readily affected by emotion; sympathetic: a feeling heart.

14.indicating or characterized by emotion: a feeling reply to the charge.