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a sinking feeling
a sinking feeling
(informal) a feeling that something bad is going to happen I had that sinking feeling you get going into an exam you haven't studied for.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Buffy | | BUF-ee | English |
| Meginhard | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Dolly | | DAHL-ee | English |
| Ekene | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Scot | | - | English, Scottish |
| Hesiod | | HES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English) | Ancient Greek (Anglicized) |