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eat one's feelings en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To turn to comfort food in order to deal with one's emotional problems.
    • When I got home, I knew I needed to eat so I could sober up, but that led to a massive binge as I ate my feelings. Potato chips, cookies, ice cream — everything I could find in our cabinet or fridge, I ate. 2018, Mary Kesinger, Run My World: How I Empowered Myself Through Fitness:
    • The way I eat my feelings now is much different from how I ate my feelings when I was growing up. I used to use “bad food” as a reward system. If I went to the gym, I deserved a pizza, […] 2017, Lindsey Smith, Eat Your Feelings:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eaten one's feelings Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats one's feelings Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eating one's feelings Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ate one's feelings Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

eat one's emotions