pit of stomach

pit of one's stomach

Fig. the middle of one's stomach; the location of a "visceral response." I got a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach when they told me the bad news.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vilfredo	-	Italian
Freja	FRIE-ah (Danish, German), FRAY-ah (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, German
SiothrÚN	-	Irish
Maja (2)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Tempest	TEM-pəst	English (Rare)
Pam	[pæm]