1
: relating to or promoting an often specious sense of satisfaction or well-being
a feel-good reform program that makes no changes
2
: cheerfully sentimental
a feel-good movie

Examples of feel-good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This ceremonial center of Ellis provides a place of activity, encouraging impromptu gatherings and feel-good fun in the sun. Bang Advertising Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024 All of those feel-good details combine with the tightly woven, 530-thread count cotton to help create a blissful night of rest. Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 June 2024 In: Murder Lori Vallow Daybell Allison Elyse Gualtieri Allison Elyse Gualtieri is a Senior News Editor for CBSNews.com, working on a wide variety of subjects including crime, longer-form features and feel-good news. Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 1 June 2024 But do those feel-good narratives still apply, as those cultural pioneers age into corporations and institutions? Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for feel-good 

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Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of feel-good was in 1972

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Cite this Entry

“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feel-good. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.

Kids Definition

feel-good

adjective
ˈfēl-ˌgu̇d
1
: relating to or promoting an often false sense of satisfaction or well-being
2
: cheerfully sentimental
a feel-good movie

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