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Meaning of feel bad | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.
    intransitive, literally
  2. To feel ill or sick.
    intransitive, literally
  3. To feel remorse or shame for one's actions.
    figuratively
  4. To feel pity for, to empathize with.
    figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Suomi säälittää
Türkçe üzülmek
Tiếng Việt áy náy

Examples

“It feels really bad to get hit with a baseball bat.”
“I feel bad about what I did. I won't do it again.”
“With all the things he went through, I felt pretty bad for him.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

feel for feel free feel in one's water feel like feel like death feel like oneself

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