Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eat one's feelings

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: eat one's feel-ings
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn to comfort food in order to deal with one's emotional problems.

Example Sentences

"The way I eat my feelings now is much different from how I ate my feelings when I was growing up. I used to use “bad food” as a reward system. If I went to the gym, I deserved a pizza, […]"
"When I got home, I knew I needed to eat so I could sober up, but that led to a massive binge as I ate my feelings. Potato chips, cookies, ice cream — everything I could find in our cabinet or fridge, I ate."

Inflected Forms

eats one's feelings (present, singular) eating one's feelings (participle, present) ate one's feelings (past) eaten one's feelings (participle, past)

Synonyms

eat one's emotions

Questions

What does eat one's feelings mean?: To turn to comfort food in order to deal with one's emotional problems.

How to pronounce eat one's feelings

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “eat one's feelings”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “eat one's feelings”.
Repeat and practice — Say “eat one's feelings” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.