Definition of Sinking feeling

1. Noun. A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension. "A sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"

Exact synonyms: Sinking
Generic synonyms: Anxiety

Definition of Sinking feeling

1. Noun. A feeling of uneasiness or apprehension ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinking Feeling

sinked
sinker
sinker nail
sinker nails
sinkerball
sinkerballer
sinkerballers
sinkerballing
sinkers
sinkhole
sinkholes
sinkier
sinkiest
sinking
sinking feeling (current term)
sinking fund
sinking ship
sinking spell
sinkings
sinkless
sinklike
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sinkt
sinkward
sinkwater
sinky
sinless
sinlessly
sinlessness

Literary usage of Sinking feeling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"Flushes of heat, especially during convalescence, with heat on top of head, cold feet and sinking feeling in epigastrium. FONTANELLES OF INFANTS, RETARDED ..."

2. Text-book of Homeopathic Materia Medica by George Royal (1920)
"I can testify to all the symptoms given by Allen, viz., " discharges like meat washings, burning pain in rectum, severe tenesmus, sinking feeling in abdomen ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"sinking feeling in. stomach (fifty-third day),1. ... Pains in the stomach, as if diarrhoea would come onr with sick and sinking feeling (eighteenth day),1. ..."

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