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sinking feeling, a
sinking feeling, a
A sense of dread or apprehension, as in I had a sinking feeling that I'd forgotten my ticket. This expression employs sink in the sense of "become depressed," a usage dating from the early 1600s.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Salome | | [sə'ləumi] | |
| Amrita | | - | Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali |
| Kathi | | KATH-ee | English |
| Yoni | | - | Hebrew |
| Tau | | - | Southern African, Tswana, Sotho |
| Dalibor | | - | Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic |