SINKING

adj. 1 queasy, nervous, uneasy, tense, apprehensive, unquiet, fretful, shaky, jittery, jumpy, anxious Just thinking about the way they treat hostages gave me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach 2 depressed, dejected, miserable, dolorous, doleful, mournful, forlorn, woeful, desolate, despairing, stricken, heavy-laden I had a sudden sinking feeling when she announced that she had something important to tell me