CEFR B2

fellow feeling

noun

Meaning

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.

Synonyms: empathy, compassion, sympathy

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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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