feel-good

adjective

Definition of feel-goodnext
as in nostalgic

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Recent Examples of feel-good For consumers, this means less guilt about the waste and more feel-good vibes with every purchase. — Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025 The fascination with feel-good stories like that of Isbell and Shires can grow into parasocial obsession, and Isbell is well aware of these pressures. — Ryan Leas, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025 Keep scrolling for more feel-good stories that will make your heart bloom with happiness! — Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 Here, color expert Lori Weitzner spotlights a few feel-good palettes, starting with blues. — Rima Suqi, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feel-good
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
  1. nostalgic
  2. fuzzy
  3. dreamy
  4. melodramatic
  5. sentimental
  6. moony
  7. soapy
  8. saccharine
Adjective
  • In This Article Toilets Mirrors and Glass Shiny Surfaces Shower Doors Stains Who else feels nostalgic around a bottle of shaving cream?
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Now, things have gotten even more nostalgic as the two Fresh Prince of Belair stars and Doechii linked up to complete the iconic dance scene together.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of nostalgic
Adjective
  • Top Chef: Colorado is a standout of the franchise's back half, a warm and fuzzy season with memorable chefs — RIP Fatima — that's blissfully straightforward.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • What Freedman pointed out — and where this case is admittedly fuzzy — is that just because Lively felt harassed does not mean she was legally harassed.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of fuzzy
Adjective
  • The formula is simply dreamy to the touch and glides effortlessly onto skin with little blending required.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This place is going to look even dreamier when the Valley heats up in a couple of months.
    — Jessica Boehm, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of dreamy
Adjective
  • This melodramatic pivot is surplus to the requirements of a shattered family portrait already rife with conflict and complication, and most moving when centered on small, everyday gestures of tenderness and loyalty.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Fortunately this is a terrific cast that also avoids overplaying the melodramatic undertones here, keeping it believably human all the way.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of melodramatic
Adjective
  • The opportunity to expand his supplier network, combined with Vidalia’s proximity and its acquisition the sentimental shuttle looms, made the prospect of working with the doomed mill appealing on paper.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2025
  • While wearing gaudy lime green T-shirts, neon ties sprouting shamrocks with Gaelic sayings, or singing catchy, sentimental tunes, many people also enjoy an Americanized version of the Celtic culture for a day, whether Irish or not.
    — Maureen Murphy, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of sentimental
Adjective
  • Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
    — Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Definition of moony
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    — Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Definition of soapy
Adjective
  • The fragrance opens with a playful dance of marshmallow sweetness, brightened by unexpected touches of lemon and peach skin that keep it from being too saccharine.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Comments For folks with a sweet tooth for saccharine love stories, Nicholas Sparks movie adaptations hit the spot — most of the time.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of saccharine

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