Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.

    I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.

    mitfühlen

    сочувствоватьsočuvstvovatʹ

  2. (idiomatic)To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).

    He felt for his purse.

More definitions
  • share the suffering of

Examples

364 sentences
  1. I don't feel sorry for Tom.

    Мені не шкода Тома.

    ruМне не жаль Тома.

    deIch habe kein Mitleid mit Tom.

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  2. I feel very sorry for your sister.

    Мені дуже шкода твою сестру.

    ruМне очень жаль твою сестру.

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  3. I really do feel sorry for Tom.

    Мені й насправді шкода Тома.

    ruМне правда очень жаль Тома.

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  4. How can you feel sorry for someone like that?

    Як ти можеш відчувати жалість до когось такого?

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  5. I almost feel sorry for you.

    Мені тебе майже шкода.

    ruМне вас почти жаль.

    deDu tust mir fast leid.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to express sympathy for, to sympathise with:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to express sympathy for, to sympathise with:

Forms

feels for, feeling for, felt for, felt for
Base formfeel for · to feel for
3rd person singularfeels for
Present participlefeeling for
Past simplefelt for
Past participlefelt for

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfeel for
he, she, itfeels for

Past simpleLesson

all personsfelt for

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave felt for
he, she, ithas felt for

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill feel for

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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