fellow feeling (B2)
noun
Pronunciation: ˈfɛloʊ ˈfilɪŋ
Definition
A sense of sympathy or shared emotion with another person, arising from a recognition of common experiences or feelings.
Examples
The refugees were met with a great deal of fellow feeling from the local community.
He expressed his fellow feeling for the victims of the disaster through charitable donations.
There was a strong fellow feeling among the students who had all experienced the same difficult exam.
How to Use fellow feeling
- fellow feeling for (prepositional phrase)
- To feel sympathy or shared emotion towards someone or something. — "She felt a deep fellow feeling for the struggling artist."
- express fellow feeling (collocation)
- To show or communicate sympathy or shared emotion. — "He tried to express his fellow feeling through a thoughtful letter."
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