Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feel like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: feel -like
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have a desire for something, or to do something.

verb

To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).

verb

To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.

verb

To feel as though.

verb

To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem.

verb

Denotes the apparent temperature.

Example Sentences

"I didn't feel like working yesterday, so I called in sick."
"“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain."
"I feel like it will rain all week."
"She felt like the dog could start biting at any moment."
"Those guinea feathers blew out in the sun ahead of us and lighted up, then got sucked back into the shade. That old wreck wasn’t going to fly, it wasn’t even going to roll on those flat tires. But I felt like I was flying through a cloud of guinea feathers."
"I’m real scared . . . stiff all over . . . I feel like I am dying . . . I can’t move . . . I don’t want to die . . . help me."

Inflected Forms

feels like (present, singular) feeling like (participle, present) felt like (participle, past) felt like (past)

Phrases

feel like death feel like oneself would like

Frequently Paired Words

would like

Questions

What does feel like mean?: To have a desire for something, or to do something.

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