Related Words for sinking feeling

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sinking
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suspense
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Noun
anxiety
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Noun
worry
/x
Noun
feeling
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Noun
discomfort
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Noun
apprehension
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Noun
dissatisfaction
xxx/x
Noun
surprise
x/
Noun
hurting
/x
Verb
tension
/x
Noun
distress
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Noun
aching
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Verb
remorse
x/
Noun
butterfly
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Noun
chill
/
Noun
presentiment
x/xx
Noun
fear
/
Noun
angst
/
Noun
creeps
/
Noun
malaise
x/
Noun
tingling
/xx
Noun
shudder
/x
Noun
sweats
/
Noun
thought
/
Noun
prickling
/x
Noun
hesitancy
/xxx
Noun
revulsion
x/x
Noun
astonishment
x/xx
Noun
nausea
/xx
Noun
quell
/
Verb
cold feet
//
Phrase, Noun
mortification
/xxx
Noun
itching
/x
Noun
pang
/
Noun
gnawing
/x
Noun
sentiment
/xx
Noun
compunction
x/x
Noun
hesitating
/xxx
Verb
weariness
/xx
Noun
broken heart
/x/
Phrase, Noun
mood
/
Noun
shooting
/x
Noun
premonition
xx/x
Noun
fatigue
x/
Noun
frisson
/x
Noun
nerve
/
Noun
motion sickness
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
vibration
x/x
Noun
fright
/
Noun
relief
x/
Noun
comfort
/x
Noun
sensation
x/x
Noun
tickling
/xx
Noun
cabin fever
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
encouragement
x/xx
Noun
fever
/x
Noun
cold sweat
//
Phrase, Noun
panic attack
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
sound
/
Noun
birth pangs
//
Phrase, Noun
thirst
/
Noun
bubble
/x
Noun
stab
/
Noun
horror
/x
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
undulation
/x/x
Noun
agitation
xx/x
Noun
trepidation
xx/x
Noun
sensing
/x
Noun
fainting
/x
Adjective
pressure
/x
Noun
gasp
/
Noun
coldness
/x
Noun
distress signal
x//x
Phrase, Noun
craving
/x
Noun
thrill
/
Noun
pins and needles
///x
Phrase, Noun
savour
/x
Noun
hesitation
xx/x
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
fret
/
Noun
seesaw
/x
Noun
electricity
xx/xx
Noun
grief
/
Noun
love affair
/x/
Phrase, Noun
numbness
/x
Noun
affection
x/x
Noun
hankering
/xx
Noun
tremor
/x
Noun
shock
/
Noun
flash
/
Noun
elation
x/x
Noun
shortness of breath
/x//
Phrase, Noun
quickening
/xx
Noun
stun
/
Noun
headache
/x
Noun
swelling
/x
Verb
throb
/
Noun
flush
/
Noun
stupor
/x
Noun
burn
/
Noun
exasperation
xxx/x
Noun
pain
/
Noun
rhythm
/x
Noun
ague
/
Noun
death grip
//
Phrase, Noun
forethought
/x
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun
pulsating
/xx
Noun
spring fever
//x
Phrase, Noun
stir
/
Verb
stiffness
/x
Noun
compulsion
x/x
Noun
urgency
/xx
Noun
beat
/
Noun
abolition
xx/x
Noun
accident
/xx
Noun, Adjective
acumen
x/x
Noun
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afloat
x/
Adverb, Adjective
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
amazement
x/x
Noun
ambivalence
x/xx
Noun
amortization
xxx/x
Noun
animus
/xx
Noun
antipathy
x/xx
Noun
apathy
/xx
Noun
appearance
x/x
Noun
atmosphere
/xx
Noun
attitude
/xx
Noun, Verb
awareness
x/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
belief
x/
Noun
believing
x/x
Noun
bet
/
Verb, Noun
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
borehole
/x
Noun, Verb
bravery
/xx
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
burial
/xx
Noun
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
calmness
/x
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
causing
/x
Noun
climate
/x
Noun, Verb
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
collapsing
x/x
Verb
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
conviction
x/x
Noun
crashing
/x
Noun, Adjective
curtailment
x/x
Noun
declining
x/x
Noun
decreasing
x/x
Noun
defined
x/
Adjective
deflection
x/x
Noun
deformation
xx/x
Noun
demise
x/
Noun, Verb
depreciation
xxx/x
Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
descendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descendent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
desire
x/x
Noun, Verb
despair
x/
Noun, Verb
destruction
x/x
Noun
direction
x/x
Noun
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disappears
xx/
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
dislike
x/
Noun, Verb
disposal
x/x
Noun
distaste
x/
Noun, Verb
diving
/x
Noun, Adjective
doom
/
Noun, Verb
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
draught
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dread
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dregs
/
Noun
dribble
/x
Noun, Verb
drilling
/x
Noun
dripping
/x
Noun
drowning
/x
Noun
dumping
/x
Noun
easing
/x
Noun
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
emotion
x/x
Noun
empathy
/xx
Noun
enthusiasm
x/xxx
Noun
envy
/x
Noun, Verb
estrangement
x/x
Noun
excitement
x/x
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
experiencing
x/xxx
Noun
expressing
x/x
Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
falling
/x
Noun
fearlessness
/xx
Noun
fellow feeling
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fingering
/xx
Noun
flair
/
Noun, Verb
flavor
/x
Noun, Verb
flowing
/x
Noun, Adjective
fondness
/x
Noun
foreboding
x/x
Noun, Adjective
frustration
x/x
Noun
glow
/
Noun, Verb
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
going under
/x/x
Phrase, Adjective
gonna
/x
Verb
gratitude
/xx
Noun
gravity
/xx
Noun
guilt
/
Noun, Verb
happiness
/xx
Noun
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
heart
/
Noun, Verb
hope
/
Noun, Verb
humility
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Noun
humor
/x
Noun, Verb
humour
/x
Noun, Verb
hunch
/
Noun, Verb
idea
x/x
Noun
immersion
x/x
Noun
impression
x/x
Noun, Verb
imprinting
x/x
Noun
influenza
xx/x
Noun
ingratitude
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Noun
inkling
/x
Noun
instinct
/x
Noun, Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
intuition
xx/x
Noun
leaking
/x
Noun
lessening
/xx
Noun
levity
/xx
Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
lightening
/xx
Noun
liking
/x
Noun
longing
/x
Noun
look
/
Verb, Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
love
/
Noun, Verb
meaning
/x
Noun, Adjective
meltdown
/x
Noun
mind
/
Noun, Verb
misfortune
x/x
Noun
nice
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
nostalgia
x/x
Noun
notice
/x
Noun, Verb
notion
/x
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun, Verb
passing
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
passion
/x
Noun, Verb
perceived
x/
Adjective
perception
x/x
Noun
pleasure
/x
Noun, Verb
plunging
/x
Adjective, Noun
pouring
/x
Noun
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
pride
/
Noun, Verb
printer
/x
Noun
printing
/x
Noun, Verb
printout
/x
Noun
regard
x/
Noun, Verb
repugnance
x/x
Noun
respect
x/
Noun, Verb
restrictive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
retrogression
/x/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun, Verb
romance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
running
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sad
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
scion
/x
Noun
scuba
/x
Noun, Verb