Feeling

Definition

feeling / 'fi:lÇŋ / n ၁။ (က) [C] ~ (of sth) ခံစားမႈ။ a feeling of hunger/well-being/ discomfort/gratitude/ frustration/ joy ❍ ‘I really resent the way he treated me. ’ ‘I know the feeling (ie know how you feel). ’ (ခ) [sing] ~ ( of sth / that… ) စိတ္ထင့္ျခင္း။ a feeling of danger ❍ I can't understand why, but suddenly I had this feeling that something terrible was going to happen. (ဂ) [sing] သေဘာ။ သေဘာထား။ အယူအဆ။ The feeling of the meeting (ie The opinion of the majority) was against the proposal. ❍ My own feeling is that we should buy it. ၂။ feelings [pl] စိတ္။ ႏွလံုးသား။ ခံစားမႈ။ deep religious feelings ❍ sexual feelings ❍ The speaker appealed more to the feelings of her audience than to their reason. ❍ You've hurt my feelings (ie You've offended me). ❍ I kept off the subject of her divorce to spare her feelings. ၃။ ~ for sb/sth (က) [U, sing] ရသေျမာက္ ခံစားတတ္မႈ။ a painter with a feeling for space ❍ He plays the piano with great feeling. (ခ) [U] စာနာစိတ္။ က႐ုဏာ။ You have no feeling for the sufferings of others. ၄။ (က) [U] မေက်နပ္မႈ။ She spoke with feeling about the plight of the homeless. ❍ Feeling over the dismissal ran high (ie There was much anger, etc about it). (ခ) [C] ခံစားမႈ။ စိတ္။ strong feelings. ၅။ [U] အာ႐ံုခံစားႏိုင္မႈ။ သိမႈအာ႐ံု။ I've lost all feeling in my legs.

Examples

1. [feeling of] : Parents often experience deep feelings of guilt if their children fail.
2. He found it difficult to express his feelings.
3. [hurt someone’s feelings] : I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.
4. There’s a feeling of hopelessness about the place.
5. My feeling is that we should wait a week or two.
6. [feeling about] : Sarah has very strong feelings about environmental issues.
7. The feeling is that the economy will continue to improve.
8. [feeling on/about] : The minister underestimated the strength of public feeling on this issue.
9. [feeling against] : There is now strong national feeling against the nuclear plant.
10. [feeling of] : A feeling of nausea came over her.
11. I suddenly had an overwhelming feeling of tiredness.
12. When I woke up I had no feeling in my legs.
13. [lose feeling in something] : She had lost all feeling in her right arm.
14. Does Alex still have feelings for the mother of his child?