Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfeeling

/ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-feel-ing
IPA: /ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondary or subconscious feeling.

verb

present participle and gerund of underfeel

Example Sentences

"‘It is from a more general cause: simply an underfeeling I have that at the most propitious moment the distance to the possibility of sorrow is so short that a man's spirits must not rise higher than mere cheerfulness out of bare respect to his insight.’"
"She had said to him: ‘Oh…a little caviare! A peach!’ a long time before, with the vague under-feeling that the names of such comestibles must convey to her person a charm in the eyes of Caliban."
"He's forgotten Sheila, in fact, and if he's thinking about friends, it's only a vague underfeeling that he would be really impressive if allied with Virginia Novello."

Etymology

From under- + feeling.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

underfeelings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce underfeeling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndəfiːlɪŋ/.
What does underfeeling mean?: A secondary or subconscious feeling.
Where does underfeeling come from?: From under- + feeling.

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