Feeling and Impulse

Feeling

Feeling noun - A subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.

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Impulse and feeling are semantically related In some cases you can use "Impulse" instead a noun "Feeling".

Nearby Words: feel, feelingly, feeler, feeing

Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Feeling and impulse are semantically related in drive topic. Sometimes you can use "Feeling" instead a noun "Impulse".

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

human	human feeling	human impulse
better	better feeling	better impulse
true	true feeling	true impulse
genuine	genuine feeling	genuine impulse
Other adjectives: due, sheer, poor, strong, constant, sexual, new, extra, strange, sudden.

They aren't automatically evil: they just exist to promote the feeling, thought, impulse or vice that they represent, and don't have a choice in what they do.

Source: Tabletop Game / Mage: The Awakening
Let's You and Him Fight: Peter picks a fight with Miles on impulse, in part because he was feeling "fluish" and freaking out and that implicitly he wasn't taking anymore risks with Spider-clones after the debacle that was The Clone Saga.

Source: Comic Book / Spider-Men
Everything's Better with Princesses Getting Crap Past the Radar: When Ann wakes up in a strange bed to see Joe Bradley (whom she doesn't remember from the previous night) nearby, her first impulse is to frantically dive her hand beneath the covers, feeling around for her crotch.

Source: Film / Roman Holiday

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