Antonyms for feel for
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : feel |
| Phonetic Transcription : fil |
- agitate
- annoy
- ask
- be indifferent
- compress
- concentrate
- create
- deny
- depart
- disbelieve
- discard
- disdain
- distress
- fail
- fall behind
- hurt
- ignore
- know
- leave
- let go
- lose
- misinterpret
- miss
- mistake
- misunderstand
- punish
- question
- refuse
- reject
- release
- request
- scorn
- stop
- surrender
- trouble
- turn away
- upset
- veto
- worry
Definition of feel for
Origin :- Old English felan "to touch, perceive," from Proto-Germanic *foljan (cf. Old Saxon gifolian, Old Frisian fela, Dutch voelen, Old High German vuolen, German fühlen "to feel," Old Norse falma "to grope"), from PIE root *pal- "to touch, feel, shake, strike softly" (cf. Greek psallein "to pluck (the harp)," Latin palpare "to touch softly, stroke," palpitare "to move quickly"), perhaps ultimately imitative.
- The sense in Old English was "to perceive through senses which are not referred to any special organ." Sense of "be conscious of a sensation or emotion" developed by late 13c.; that of "to have sympathy or compassion" is from c.1600. To feel like "want to" attested from 1829.
- As in pity : verb feel sorry for; spare
- As in reach : verb stretch to; touch
- As in respond : verb act in answer to something
- As in understand : verb think, believe
- As in bleed : verb grieve
- As in feel sorry for : verb feel compassion for
- As in come at : verb reach, attain
- As in commiserate : verb listen to woes of another
- As in empathize : verb identify with
- As in identify with : verb put oneself in the place of another
Synonyms for feel for
- accept
- accomplish
- ache
- achieve
- acknowledge
- act in response
- agonize
- ally
- answer
- answer back
- approach
- associate
- assume
- attain
- be in pain
- be in touch with
- be informed
- be sorry for
- be sympathetic
- behave
- bleed for
- buck
- carry to
- come at
- come back
- come back at
- come in
- come up to
- comfort
- commiserate
- compassionate
- comprehend
- concede
- conceive
- conclude
- condole
- condole with
- conjecture
- consider
- console
- contact
- continue to
- count on
- counter
- deduce
- discover
- empathize
- empathize with
- encompass
- end
- equal
- expect
- express sympathy
- extend to
- fancy
- feedback
- feel
- feel for
- feel with
- field the question
- find
- forgive
- gather
- get a hold of
- get back to
- get hold of
- get in touch
- get to
- give quarter
- go
- go as far as
- go on
- go to
- grant amnesty
- grasp
- grieve with
- guess
- hand
- have compassion
- have mercy
- have mercy on
- hear
- hold out
- identify with
- imagine
- infer
- join
- lament for
- lament with
- lead
- learn
- lunge
- make
- make contact with
- open one's heart
- overtake
- pardon
- pass
- pass along
- pity
- presume
- put in same category
- put oneself in another's place
- put oneself in another's shoes
- put out
- put out of one's misery
- react
- reciprocate
- reckon
- rejoin
- relate to
- relent
- reply
- reprieve
- respond to
- retort
- return
- roll on
- see through someone's eyes
- seize
- shake hands
- share
- share sorrow
- shoot
- show forgiveness
- show sympathy
- solace
- soothe
- span
- spread
- stand
- stand in one's shoes
- strain
- strike
- succeed
- suffer
- suffer with
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- sympathize
- sympathize with
- take for granted
- take it
- take pity on
- talk back
- think of in connection
- touch
- understand
- weep for
- win
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