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you ever have the feeling of being watched? 3 regard, sympathy,<br />

empathy, identification, compassion, tenderness, appreciation,<br />

concern, understanding, sensitivity, sensibility: He has a<br />

genuine feeling for animals. 4 ardour, warmth, passion,<br />

fervency, fervour, ardency, intensity, heat, sentiment, emotion,<br />

vehemence: She said she loved me with so much feeling that I<br />

thought she meant it. 5 feelings. emotions, sensitivity,<br />

sympathies, sensibilities, susceptibilities: She hurt my<br />

feelings. 6 feel, mood, atmosphere, climate, sense, air,<br />

ambience or ambiance: There is a feeling of impending doom<br />

about this place.<br />

--adj. 7 sentient, sensitive, tender, tender-hearted,<br />

compassionate, sympathetic: Their behaviour did the soldiers<br />

honour as feeling men.<br />

feint n. distraction, mock attack, bluff, dodge, manoeuvre, false<br />

move, pretence, ruse, ploy, subterfuge, deception, tactic,<br />

stratagem, gambit, artifice: The attack on the flanks is merely<br />

a feint - the main thrust will be at the centre.<br />

fell v. cut or knock or strike down, floor, prostrate, level, hew<br />

(down), flatten, demolish, mow (down); kill: He felled his<br />

opponent with one blow. All the trees in this area must be<br />

felled.<br />

fellow n. 1 man, boy, person, individual, gentleman, one, Colloq guy,<br />

chap, customer, kid, Brit bloke, Slang geezer, gink, US<br />

old-fashioned gazabo: There was a fellow here asking for you<br />

today. 2 colleague, associate, comrade, companion, ally, peer,<br />

compeer: He is going to meet some of his fellows at the club.<br />

3 mate, match, counterpart, partner, complement, concomitant,<br />

accessory: I lost one glove last week and now have lost its<br />

fellow. 4 boyfriend, man, sweetheart, love, young man; lover,<br />

paramour, Formal suitor, Old-fashioned beau, Archaic swain,<br />

Slang guy: Bailey has been Sue's fellow for years.<br />

fellowship<br />

--adj. 5 associate(d), affiliate(d), allied, auxiliary,<br />

related: Ladies, not accorded membership in the men's club,<br />

belonged to a fellow organization. She shared her sandwiches<br />

with a fellow passenger.

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