feels

F4E1E1L1S1
/fiːlz/

noun

Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.

“hit me right in the feels”

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

noun
  1. archaicpluralplural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch

    Dr. Pope confirms my feels that the side is no better & the tenderness to the feel as great as when he was last here.

    1809, King George III of England, The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 6, →ISBN, page 3987
    1 more example

    A large portion of natural magic and sleight of hand is only the severance of sights and feels that we are accustomed to experience in unison.

    1856, Alexander Bryan Johnson, The Physiology of the Senses, page 65
nounfeels pl (singular feel)

singular feel

  1. colloquialpluralFeelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.

    hit me right in the feels

    3 more examples

    If I could remember exactly, then I would know for sure whether or not my feels are real or not.

    2003, Brenda A. Donahue, C.G. Jung's Complex Dynamics and the Clinical Relationship: One Map for Mystery, →ISBN, page 100

    My feels were hurt.

    2012, Hisoka Takara, Child Support, →ISBN, page 109

    Yo, please buy my CD. Only cost you 20 likes. Yo, it'll give you the feels, y'all, I swear.

    2015 July 1, Sam Esmail, “eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg”, in Mr. Robot, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Cisco

    Synonyms: fee-fees

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of feel
adjectivefeels (comparative more feels, superlative most feels)

comparative more feels · superlative most feels

  1. colloquialSynonym of emotional.

    Synonyms: emotional

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFeelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.

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adjectiveSynonym of emotional.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feels,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feels.

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