Feel and Seem

Similar meaning words

Feel verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: it felt like a good idea at the time

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Seem is a synonym for feel in experience topic. In some cases you can use "Seem" instead a verb "Feel".

Nearby Words: feeling, feelingly

Seem verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed

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Feel is a synonym for seem. You can use "Feel" instead a verb "Seem".

Nearby Words: seeming, seemingly

sense	feel sense	seem sense
power	feel power	seem power
people	feel people	seem people
time	feel time	seem time
Other words: way, bit, little, pain, nothing.

However, he just can't seem to ever beat An... A one-sided rivalry, as An doesn't really seem to feel the same way Daniel does about it.

Source: Webcomic / Footloose
He's exaggerating it completely to seem he actually does feel that way, he doesn't really feel it at all, or care.

Source: Angry Fist-Shake
Mike Franks is probably even more of a Cowboy Cop than Gibbs, since he's retired and doesn't seem to feel like even pretending to play by the rules anymore.

Source: Cowboy Cop / Live-Action TV

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