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Synonyms for drowned

Grammar : Adj
Spell : droun
Phonetic Transcription : draÊŠn

Définition of drowned

Origin :
  • c.1300, transitive and intransitive, perhaps from an unrecorded derivative word of Old English druncnian (Middle English druncnen) "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), probably from the base of drincan "to drink."
  • Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably influenced by Old Norse drukna "be drowned." Related: Drowned; drowning.
  • adj suffocated
Example sentences :
  • Groans and cheers were mingled, and his voice at first was drowned by the din.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • There was Patch after was drowned out of a curagh that turned over.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • It's a shirt and a plain stocking were got off a drowned man in Donegal.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • I was grateful for some far shout upon the street that drowned the noise.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • His voice was drowned by the clamor that went up from every side.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The candles had grown paler, and the noises of the street were drowned in the music of the organs.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He might fall into the water and get drowned, she said, or, he might fall into the fire and get roasted to death.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • One of the children, whose name was Helle, fell into the sea and was drowned.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Now and then, a drowned sheep, and once the carcass of a cow, floated past.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It was his impression I was drowned, and several places were dragged for my body.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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