Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to feel out sb
Participle: felt out sb
Gerund: feeling out sb
Indicative
Present
| I | feel out sb |
| you | feel out sb |
| he;she;it | feels out sb |
| we | feel out sb |
| you | feel out sb |
| they | feel out sb |
Perfect
| I | have felt out sb |
| you | have felt out sb |
| he;she;it | has felt out sb |
| we | have felt out sb |
| you | have felt out sb |
| they | have felt out sb |
Past
| I | felt out sb |
| you | felt out sb |
| he;she;it | felt out sb |
| we | felt out sb |
| you | felt out sb |
| they | felt out sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had felt out sb |
| you | had felt out sb |
| he;she;it | had felt out sb |
| we | had felt out sb |
| you | had felt out sb |
| they | had felt out sb |
Future
| I | will feel out sb |
| you | will feel out sb |
| he;she;it | will feel out sb |
| we | will feel out sb |
| you | will feel out sb |
| they | will feel out sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have felt out sb |
| you | will have felt out sb |
| he;she;it | will have felt out sb |
| we | will have felt out sb |
| you | will have felt out sb |
| they | will have felt out sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | feel out sb |
| you | feel out sb |
| he;she;it | feel out sb |
| we | feel out sb |
| you | feel out sb |
| they | feel out sb |
Perfect
| I | have felt out sb |
| you | have felt out sb |
| he;she;it | have felt out sb |
| we | have felt out sb |
| you | have felt out sb |
| they | have felt out sb |
Imperfect
| I | felt out sb |
| you | felt out sb |
| he;she;it | felt out sb |
| we | felt out sb |
| you | felt out sb |
| they | felt out sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had felt out sb |
| you | had felt out sb |
| he;she;it | had felt out sb |
| we | had felt out sb |
| you | had felt out sb |
| they | had felt out sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would feel out sb |
| you | would feel out sb |
| he;she;it | would feel out sb |
| we | would feel out sb |
| you | would feel out sb |
| they | would feel out sb |
Perfect
| I | would have felt out sb |
| you | would have felt out sb |
| he;she;it | would have felt out sb |
| we | would have felt out sb |
| you | would have felt out sb |
| they | would have felt out sb |
Imperative
| you | feel out sb |
| we | Let's feel out sb |
| you | feel out sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'feel'
creep,
feel,
keep,
lose,
oversleep,
sleep,
sweep,
weep,
becreep,
besleep,
book-keep,
bookkeep,
cosleep,
downsweep,
foreweep,
forsleep,
gatekeep,
housekeep,
increep,
kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'feel'
eel,
fael,
feal,
fee,
feed,
feen,
fell,
fuel,
heel,
keel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to feel with the hands
- grope
- to perceive by touch; to detect tactile sensations
- grope, handle, touch
- experience
- sense, know, perceive, savor, observe, taste
- believe
- consider, credit, deem, hold, sense, think
- appear
- exhibit, suggest
- examine
- explore, handle, manipulate, finger, grope, grip, clutch, clasp
Antonyms
- to perceive by touch; to detect tactile sensations
- misfeel
- experience
- inexperience, immaturity, greenness, rawness
Additional Information
Cf. Old English regular verb fēlan.
Etymology
1. O.E.
felan "to touch," from Gmc.
*folijanan (cf. Du.
voelen, Ger.
fühlen "to feel," O.N.
falma "to grope"), from PIE base
*(s)pol-/*(s)pal- "to strike softly" (cf. Gk.
psallein "to pluck (the harp)," L.
palpare "to touch softly, stroke,"
palpitare "to move quickly"). The sense in O.E. was "to perceive through senses which are not referred to any special organ." Sense of "be conscious of a sensation or emotion" developed by c.1290; that of "to have sympathy or compassion" is from 1605;
feeling (n.) "emotion" is first recorded 1369;
feelings "tender or sensitive side of one's nature" is 1771. Noun sense of "sexual grope" is from 1932; from verbal phrase
to feel (someone) up (1930).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan
4. Old English fēlan
5. Middle English felen
6. English feel
7. From Middle English felen, from Old English fēlan, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan.
8. Cognate with Dutch voelen and German fühlen. See: Dutch '
voelen', German, old spelling '
fühlen'.
Verbs referencing "feel"
Tok Pisin pilim, Sranan
firi, German, Pennsylvania
fiehle.
Sample Sentences
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[...] on staggering, heaving, wrestling, leaping, diving, jumping, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, sometimes by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels disposed to roar for mercy.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] before me, broad awake in broad day, and, apologising for being damp through walking in the sea, had handed me a letter directed to myself, in familiar characters, I am certain I should not have felt one atom of astonishment: I should have been perfectly satisfied. If Neptune himself had walked in, with a toasted shark on his trident, I should have looked upon the event as one of the very [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] them men—who ask, with red faces, and lusty voices, what sea-sickness means, and whether it really is as bad as it is represented to be. This was very torturing indeed; and I do n't think I ever felt such perfect gratification and gratitude of heart, as I did when I heard from the ship 's doctor that he had been obliged to put a large mustard poultice on this very gentleman 's stomach. I date [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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He was waited upon over the factory, shown the machinery by George, who, in high spirits, talked so fluently, held himself so erect, looked so handsome and manly, that his master began to feel an uneasy consciousness of inferiority. What business had his slave to be marching round the country, inventing machines, and holding up his head among gentlemen ? He'd soon put a stop to it. He'd [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ O, now, dear George, that is really wicked ! I know how you feel about losing your place in the factory, and you have a hard master; but pray be patient, and perhaps something — ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the only cloud upon the still, deep, distant blue—and, turning, saw a blind boy with his sightless face addressed that way, as though he too had some sense within him of the glorious distance: I felt a kind of sorrow that the place should be so very light, and a strange wish that for his sake it were darker. It was but momentary, of course, and a mere fancy, but I felt it keenly for all [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] distance: I felt a kind of sorrow that the place should be so very light, and a strange wish that for his sake it were darker. It was but momentary, of course, and a mere fancy, but I felt it keenly for all that.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] walk, she began to explore the room, and then the house; she became familiar with the form, density, weight, and heat, of every article she could lay her hands upon. She followed her mother, and felt her hands and arms, as she was occupied about the house; and her disposition to imitate, led her to repeat everything herself. She even learned to sew a little, and to knit. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘The first experiments were made by taking articles in common use, such as knives, forks, spoons, keys, &c., and pasting upon them labels with their names printed in raised letters. These she felt very carefully, and soon, of course, distinguished that the crooked lines spoon, differed as much from the crooked lines key, as the spoon differed from the key in form.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to make a strong impression. “ Ye oughter just ask him here to dinner, some o ’ these times, Mas’r George, ” she added; “ it would look quite pretty of ye. Ye know, Mas’r George, ye oughtenter feel ’ bove nobody, on ’ count yer privileges, ’ cause all our privileges is gi’n to us; we ought al’ays to ’ member that, ” said Aunt Chloe, looking quite serious.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Suddenly, I felt something staring at me from the corner.
(Affliction)
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Kitty Beatles! Thought that was pretty cute. So, this feels like a bit of a departure
(Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties)
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well, we feel, that his time will be better spent concentrating on his printing company.
(The Bromley Boys)
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so much anxiety at that party. Oh. Like, I just felt like a huge loser all night.
(Mile End Kicks)
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Yes, we are. Whoa! You cleaned up. Feels like the first day of school.
(Junebug)