psychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism

affect - the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

emotion - any strong feeling

thing - a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"

glow - a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret"

soulfulness, soul - deep feeling or emotion

passion, passionateness - strong feeling or emotion

sentiment - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions

apathy - an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

sexual urge, sex - all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence"

pleasure, pleasance - a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"

painfulness, pain - emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness"

pang, stab, twinge - a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

liking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

dislike - a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"

gratitude - a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help"

ingratitude, ungratefulness - a lack of gratitude

unconcern - a feeling of lack of concern

shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

humbleness, humility - a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"

amazement, astonishment - the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"

devastation - the feeling of being counfounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devasation"

expectation - the feeling that something is about to happen

levity - feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

solemnity, gravity - a solemn and dignified feeling

sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

agitation - the feeling of being agitated; not calm

calmness - a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement

fearlessness, bravery - feeling no fear

happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

hope - the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

despair - the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

affection, affectionateness, fondness, warmheartedness, tenderness, heart - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"

humour, mood, temper, humor - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

enthusiasm - a feeling of excitement

idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

presence - the impression that something is present; "he felt the presence of an evil force"

effect - an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

first blush - at the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails"

hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

Hollywood - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood"

Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation

somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia - the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations; "he relied on somesthesia to warn him of pressure changes"

constriction - a feeling of tightness in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"

perception - the process of perceiving

cutaneous sensation, haptic sensation, skin sensation - a sensation localized on the skin

intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

sprachgefuhl - an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language; "Dubyuh has no sprachgefuhl"