sinking feeling

A feeling of dread indicating that something bad has happened or is about to happen. As soon as I met him, I got a sinking feeling that he had bad intentions. When I heard about the plane crash, I had a sinking feeling that my friends were on that flight.

*sinking feeling

the feeling that everything is going wrong; a bad feeling in the base of one's stomach. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I get a sinking feeling whenever I think of the night of the accident.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dionysodoros	-	Ancient Greek
Anis	-	Arabic
Aneirin	-	Welsh
Janie	JAY-nee	English
Theodulus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ricky	RIK-ee	English