feelings
- 1Plural of feeling.
He kept his feelings hidden throughout the tense meeting.
Mixed feelings about the move left her unable to sleep.
Note
The plural does more than count emotions. When the meaning is romantic attraction, English normally uses the plural: you have feelings for someone, and the singular rarely carries that sense. The plural also names a person's sensibilities as a whole, which is why we speak of hurt feelings and say no hard feelings. Mixed feelings, by contrast, keeps the counting sense: several emotions at once.
She finally admitted she had feelings for him.
I hope there are no hard feelings after the argument.
feelings is a form of feeling
feeling, noun: An emotion or mental impression, such as joy, sorrow, or unease. Full entry
- Forms
- feelingfeelings plural
- Spelling
- feeling → feelings: add -s
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