feel-good

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Recent Examples of feel-good The feel-good sports comedy, after all, was the nascent streamer's first bonafide hit series. EW.com, 22 July 2025 Even though summertime usually brings fluffy feel-good content, Netflix is bucking the trend with some dark content this week. PC Magazine, 18 July 2025 Their infectious melodies and retro pop sound have captivated audiences as it is filled with nostalgic vibes and just feel-good music. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 As Ellison explains in the novella, Albert Payson Terhune was famous for writing feel-good books about his beloved collies. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for feel-good
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feel-good
Adjective
  • Glass and gold nightstands add a luxe touch without taking up a lot of visual space, and a retro rotary phone can offer a nostalgic finishing touch.
    Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 29 July 2025
  • There is a constant paradox of art-making: as an art form accelerates its pace of change, its content grows more nostalgic.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Adjective
  • But Lavigne recalled that this grandmother wasn’t exactly warm and fuzzy.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • One of Yakovenko’s managers showed me a fuzzy black-and-white video, taken in April, of a night operation behind enemy lines.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Romance this week gets dreamier, but also a bit moodier.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 27 July 2025
  • Bonus: The double-side-stripe details are just as dreamy as the fit.
    Joana Ariza, Glamour, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • Of all the reactions to Belly and Jeremiah’s engagement, Conrad’s is the most melodramatic.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 23 July 2025
  • In the real world, however, workplace crushes aren’t quite so melodramatic.
    Olivia Petter, Vogue, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Bottom line: If the fabric is fussy, valuable, or sentimental, let the experts handle it.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
  • Romance feels more sentimental now, and even platonic relationships take on a more nurturing tone.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 27 July 2025
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
Adjective
  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Ice creams deemed too saccharine or that veered too into toothpaste territory weren’t welcome.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2025
  • The color palettes popular after pandemic shutdowns were vivid, bright and almost saccharine.
    Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 1 May 2025

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“Feel-good.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feel-good. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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