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underfeeling

noun
/ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/UK

Etymology

From under- + feeling.

  1. inherited from felynge
  2. prefixed as underfeeling — “under + feeling”

Definitions

  1. A secondary or subconscious feeling.

    • She had said to him: ‘Oh…a little caviare! A peach!’ a long time before, with the vague under-feeling that the names of such comestibles must convey to her person a charm in the eyes of Caliban.
    • He's forgotten Sheila, in fact, and if he's thinking about friends, it's only a vague underfeeling that he would be really impressive if allied with Virginia Novello.

  2. present participle and gerund of underfeel

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA