Antonyms for sunk
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : suhngk |
| Phonetic Transcription : sʌŋk |
Definition of sunk
Origin :- Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwanan (cf. Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."
- The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.
- verb fall in, go under
- verb fall, decrease
- verb deteriorate
- verb be humble or humbled
- I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Is it not most pitiful to see a human being, made in the image of God, sunk so low?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She found her at last, in her hiding-place behind the bed, sunk in deep dejection.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- I returned stoutly; for I had, of course, sunk the Isthmus of Panama beneath the sea.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- We sunk many guns in the lake; and as for the powder, that had taken care of itself.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- We waited until she sunk her topsails, and then went on our course.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Meantime the body had decayed and had sunk down into a handful of dust.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- It seemed strange to Dick that none of them had been sunk, and in fact it was strange.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- For the first time in all those years, she sunk under her cares.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I am hardened now, I have sunk too low to care long even for that.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for sunk
- abase
- abate
- be reduced to
- bemean
- bore
- bring down
- capsize
- cast down
- cave in
- collapse
- couch
- debase
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- degenerate
- degrade
- demean
- demit
- depreciate
- depress
- descend
- die
- dig
- diminish
- dip
- disappear
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- drill
- drive
- droop
- drop
- drown
- dwindle
- ebb
- engulf
- excavate
- fade
- fail
- fall
- flag
- flounder
- force down
- founder
- go down
- go downhill
- go to the bottom
- humiliate
- immerse
- lapse
- lay
- lessen
- let down
- lower
- overturn
- overwhelm
- plummet
- plunge
- put down
- ram
- regress
- relapse
- retrograde
- retrogress
- rot
- run
- sag
- scuttle
- set
- settle
- shipwreck
- slip
- slope
- slump
- spoil
- stab
- stick
- stoop
- submerge
- subside
- succumb
- swamp
- thrust
- tip over
- touch bottom
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- worsen
- wreck
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