gut feeling



gut feeling

An intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis. Jennifer's mother had a gut feeling that something was wrong when her daughter wasn't home by 10 o'clock.
See also: feeling, gut

gut feeling

 and gut reaction; gut response
a personal, intuitive feeling or response. I have a gut feeling that something bad is going to happen. My gut reaction is that we should hire Susan for the job.
See also: feeling, gut

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Raijinṙah-ee-jeen (Japanese)Far Eastern Mythology
Ninos-Ancient Near Eastern (Hellenized)
Shikoba-Native American, Choctaw
SelwynSEL-winEnglish (Rare)
RadÚZRAH-doo:sCzech
Heng-Chinese