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Gefühl — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • awareness noun Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.
  • emotion noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
  • emotive adj Of or relating to emotion.
  • feel verb To become aware of something through the sense of touch.
  • feeling noun An emotion or emotional state.
  • hunch noun A feeling or guess based on instinct rather than solid evidence.
  • sensation noun A physical feeling produced by something affecting the body or senses.
  • sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.
  • sentiment noun An opinion, attitude, or general feeling about something.

Senses

Gefühl is used for these senses in English:

  • emotion A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
  • emotive Of or relating to emotion.
  • feel A vague mental impression.
  • feeling Emotion; impression.
  • sensation A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
  • sense Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
  • sentiment (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.

emotion — full definition

  1. noun A strong feeling, such as joy, anger, fear, or sadness, often accompanied by physical changes in the body.
  2. noun Feeling as opposed to reason; the emotional side of a person's response to something.

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