Faux feeling Something done to me
Honoured
Not a feeling: a thought about what someone did.
‘I think you showed me a high mark of regard.’
Why it’s not a feeling
Honoured says someone has shown you a mark of high regard: an invitation, a title, a place of trust. It is a warm reading of their action, and it fits ‘you honoured me’, which makes it an interpretation rather than a feeling. What it stirs might be closer to touched, grateful or quietly proud.
Feelings underneath
Needs
When these needs are met
Saying it as a feeling
‘I feel honoured.’
When you asked me to give a speech at your wedding, I felt touched and grateful, because I need recognition and respect.