sinking, n.
(sinkings)
freq. cnt. 2
(sinkings)
freq. cnt. 2
a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
sinking
sample sentences
"after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market""he could not control the sinking of his legs"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
sinking
sample sentences
"they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
settling, subsiding, subsidence
submergence, submerging, submersion, immersion
foundering, going under
hypernym
a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension
<noun.feeling>
sinking sinking feeling
sample sentences
"with a sinking heart""a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"
semantic pointers
hypernym