feel-good

[feel-good]

adjective

1. Informal.,  intended to make one happy or satisfied.

   a feel-good movie; feel-good politics.

feel-good

adjective

1. causing or characterized by a feeling of self-satisfaction

   feel-good factor

Word History and Origins

Origin of feel-good¹

An Americanism dating back to 1975–80

Example Sentences

As good as Teller is as a husband in crisis, the Oscar-winning Randolph is her own commanding source of light, enough to sell this movie’s feel-good abstracts and wry commentaries on her own.

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And so, on a brisk morning in the nation’s capital—hours removed from Obama’s feel-good commencement—the crowd at Crooked Con grew steadily more apprehensive as they watched Tim Miller get into an argument with Hasan Piker under hot ballroom spotlights.

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Each time we buy a product that we think will make our lives a little more convenient, pleasurable or stylish, we experience a rush of feel-good dopamine.

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She worries an election night statement “didn’t have a feel-good line.”

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The feel-good factor is missing.

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