sunken

sunk·en

adj \ˈsəŋ-kən\

Definition of SUNKEN

1

: submerged; especially : lying at the bottom of a body of water

2

a : hollow, recessed <sunken cheeks> b : lying in a depression <a sunken garden> c : settled below the normal level d : constructed below the normal floor level <a sunken living room>

Examples of SUNKEN

1. Her eyes were sunken and lifeless.
2. <our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking>

Origin of SUNKEN

Middle English sonkyn, past participle of sinken to sink

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SUNKEN

Synonyms: concave, dented, depressed, dished, indented, recessed, hollow

Antonyms: bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant

Related Words: alveolar, cavernous, crescentic, cuplike, cupped, cuppy, recurved; dimpled, pockmarked; compressed, condensed, contracted, diminished, reduced

Near Antonyms: ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed, puffy, risen, swollen; domed, global, globular, round, rounded, spherical

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Rhymes with SUNKEN

drunken, pumpkin