feels

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.jəlz/, /fiːlz/

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• Rhymes: -iːlz

feels

1. (archaic) plural of feel, sensory perceptions that mainly or solely involve the sense of touch
   • 1809, King George III of England, The Later Correspondence of George III, Volume 6‎^[1], →ISBN, page 3987:

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

   • 1856, Alexander Bryan Johnson, The Physiology of the Senses, page 65:

     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.

feels pl (singular feel)

1. (colloquial) Feelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.

   hit me right in the feels

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

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

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

     My feels were hurt.

• (feelings): fee-fees

• feels over reals
• give feels

feels

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feel

feels (comparative more feels, superlative most feels)

1. (colloquial) Synonym of emotional.

• flees, lefse, selfe