fellow-feeling
1fellow feeling — n [U] literary a feeling of sympathy and friendship towards someone because they are like you ▪ As an only child myself, I had a fellow feeling for Laura …
2Fellow-feeling — Fel low feel ing, n. 1. Sympathy; a like feeling. [1913 Webster] 2. Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] …
3fellow-feeling — 1610s, an attempt to translate L. compassio and Gk. sympatheia. It yielded a back formed verb, fellow feel in 17c …
4fellow feeling — index comity, philanthropy, pity, rapprochement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5fellow feeling — ► NOUN ▪ sympathy based on shared experiences …
6fellow feeling — noun sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sympathy • Derivationally related forms: ↑sympathetic (for: ↑sympathy), ↑sympathize ( …
7fellow feeling — 1. sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate. 2. a sense of joint interest: to act out of fellow feeling to support one s country. [1605 15] * * * …
8fellow feeling — also fellow feeling N UNCOUNT Fellow feeling is sympathy and friendship that exists between people who have shared similar experiences or difficulties …
9fellow feeling — the fellow feeling he had for his jilted brother came from recent experience Syn: sympathy, empathy, feeling, compassion, care, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, warmth, tenderness, (brotherly) love; pity, sorrow, commiseration …
10fellow feeling — noun A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. [I]s the character and property of the man, who labours for our intellectual pleasures, less entitled to a share of our fellow feeling, than… …
