a cloud hanging over sb
a situation or future event that makes you worry or feel unhappy:
When you're waiting for an operation, you feel like there's a cloud hanging over you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- affecting
- arrogant
- baleful
- be cold comfort idiom
- bombast
- condescend
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egocentric
- egoism
- egomania
- imperious
- lofty
- narcissism
- officious
- poignant
- pompous
- unmentionable
- upsetting
- vanity
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