Feeling and Thinking

Feeling

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

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Thinking and feeling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thinking" instead the word "Feeling" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: feel, feelingly, feeler, feeing

Thinking noun - The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.

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Feeling and thinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Feeling" instead the word "Thinking" as a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: think, thinker, thinkable

human	human feeling	human thinking
good	good feeling	good thinking
clear	clear feeling	clear thinking
best	best feeling	best thinking
Other adjectives: better, similar, positive, deep, simple, poor, real, great, little, happy, new, negative.

If he expresses an opinion about how a crime was done, where it was done, who did it, or what a suspect is thinking or feeling, he's always right on the money.

Source: The Cassandra
Readers do not come to a story expecting to be spoon-fed what they should be feeling or thinking about things.

Source: Informed Attribute
You can't claim to know what a person is thinking or feeling, but that's what psychology studies.

Source: Useful Notes / Psychology

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