Usually means: Sense of impending doom internally.
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  1. sinking feeling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sinking feeling: Merriam-Webster
  3. sinking feeling: Vocabulary.com
  4. sinking feeling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sinking feeling: Wiktionary
  6. sinking feeling: Dictionary.com
  7. sinking feeling: Rhymezone
  8. sinking feeling: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sinking feeling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sinking feeling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sinking feeling: Encyclopedia

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  1. sinking feeling: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sinking feeling)

▸ noun:  An unpleasant feeling in the abdomen caused by hunger or, especially, apprehension or uneasiness.

Similar:
sinking, ill-ease, sinkiness, anxiousness, suspense, self-consciousness, disquietude, queasiness, uneasiness, apprehensiveness, more...

Phrases:
a sinking feeling, that sinking feeling, sinking feeling in stomach, sinking feeling in gut, a sinking feeling of dread, more...

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Similar:
sinking, ill-ease, sinkiness, anxiousness, suspense, self-consciousness, disquietude, queasiness, uneasiness, apprehensiveness, more...

Phrases:
a sinking feeling, that sinking feeling, sinking feeling in stomach, sinking feeling in gut, a sinking feeling of dread, more...



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