feel-good

feel-good

See also: feelgood

English

Adjective

feel-good (comparative more feel-good, superlative most feel-good)

1. Creating a feeling of happiness.
   • 2004, Carlin, George, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, page 105:

     Personally, I think all of this upgraded, feel-good language is a further sign of America's increasing uncertainty about itself.

   • 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06:

     Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
     Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
     Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.

   ...the feel-good hit of the summer...

Alternative forms

• feelgood

Antonyms

• feel-bad

Derived terms

• feel-good factor
• feel-goodism