Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sinking_feeling

1 sense of sinking feeling

Sense 1
sinking, sinking feeling -- (a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach")
       => anxiety -- (a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune)