Synonyms for feel up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : feel |
| Phonetic Transcription : fil |
Top 10 synonyms for feel up Other synonyms for the word feel up
- abut
- adjoin
- be in contact
- border
- bundle
- burrow
- butt on
- come together
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- cosset
- dab
- dandle
- embrace
- enfold
- examine
- feel up
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- huddle
- hug
- impinge upon
- inspect
- join
- lay a finger on
- line
- love
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- nestle
- nuzzle
- osculate
- palm
- palpate
- partake
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- reach
- rub
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- snug
- snuggle
- strike
- stroke
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- tap
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- touch
- toy
- verge
Définition of feel up
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 touch : verb make physical contact
- As in palpate : verb touch
- As in cuddle : verb hold fondly, closely
- They'll be anxious to express their emotions, when they feel up to it.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
- Some of those around him have no doubt committed it; but he does not feel up to it.
- Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
- "Do not come unless you feel up to it," said Nurse Bryerley.
- Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
- I did not feel up to encountering the eccentricities of my steed.
- Extract from : « At the Court of the Amr » by John Alfred Gray
- "Because I did not feel up to it," Blythe replied plainly enough.
- Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
- Go and spend a week there; it will make you feel up in the stirrups, I know.
- Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- And now, if you feel up to telling it, I want to hear about your adventure.
- Extract from : « The Curse of Carne's Hold » by G. A. Henty
- If you really do feel up to it, Dave, what say we get on along back, what?
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen
- I feel up to most anything with this miserable fog down on me.
- Extract from : « The Girl From His Town » by Marie Van Vorst
- He told Dolling that he was ill, and that he did not feel up to driving the car.
- Extract from : « Here and Hereafter » by Barry Pain
Antonyms for feel up
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