English

Verb

feel like ‎(third-person singular simple present feels like, present participle feeling like, simple past and past participle felt like)

1. To have a desire for something, or to do something.

   I didn't feel like working yesterday, so I called in sick.‎

2. To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.

Usage notes

• feel like can be followed by either a noun e.g. After a long day chopping wood in the sun, I felt like a bath.; or by a gerund e.g. After 10 Spanish classes where I didn't learn anything new, I felt like giving it up.

Derived terms

• feel like death
• feel like oneself

Related terms

• would like

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