sunken

adjective

ˈsəŋ-kən How to pronounce sunken (audio)
Definition of sunkennext
1
as in concave
curved inward our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking

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2
as in underwater
living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water diving for sunken treasure

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Recent Examples of sunken Dozens of sunken boats and even a World War II-era B-29 that crashed in 1948 have also been uncovered at Lake Mead. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The space came with a sunken bath tub, ornate ceilings and its own pool. — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The low-slung, stone-and-concrete architecture is built to disappear into the cliff, with sunken suites and planted roofs that blend into the terrain. — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026 New York City is scaling the same concept through its cloudburst hubs in Corona, Kissena Park, Parkchester and East New York, where sunken basketball courts and rain gardens are built to fill during a downpour and drain once the sewers catch up. — Ravi S. Bhalla, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sunken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
  1. concave
  2. underwater
  3. hollow
  4. aquatic
  5. depressed
  6. submarine
  7. submerged
Adjective
  • The convex-concave curves of the open and closed parentheses cup something said by the way, whisperings, secrets mouthed into the reader’s ear, mumbled under the author’s breath.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • These heavy bobbers feature a concave head that looks identical to a popper.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
Definition of concave
Adjective
  • Search crews have been unable to find a man who went underwater over the weekend at Swan Falls Dam in Kuna.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Wing foiling is developed from windsurfing and kitesurfing, while a Seabob is an electric underwater scooter.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of underwater
Adjective
  • The small seeds feed hungry songbirds in autumn and the hollow stems provide nesting sites for native bees over winter.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The acclaimed writer Rachel Cusk’s controversial new novel Life of M is an intimate, unvarnished character study of an A-list movie star who is depicted as hollow, immature and cynical, an intellectual poseur and an artist wannabe.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of hollow
Adjective
  • Milander Aquatic Center has become a hub for aquatic programs in the area, drawing swimmers, families, schools and athletes from Miami Springs, Hialeah Gardens and other parts of Miami-Dade County.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • New developments integrate water-centric design and programming, blending environmental psychology with biophilia and wellness to foster continuous connection to aquatic environments, highlighting a growing focus on residential wellness.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of aquatic
Adjective
  • Traffic through the strait is beginning to increase, but remains sharply depressed.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Bessent, for one, said a key reason he got involved in politics was to help tackle deficits running at a pace unprecedented for times outside of major wars, pandemics or depressed job markets.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of depressed
Adjective
  • But a new antenna technology, borrowed from the physics of medical implants, is rethinking how submarine machines talk to each other – and to us.
    — Omar Kardoudi June 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026
  • Despite the ongoing retirement of older hulls, the PLAN's submarine force is expected to grow to 65 units by 2025 and 80 units by 2035 due to an expansion of submarine construction capacity.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Definition of submarine
Adjective
  • But some of the reservoir’s underwater history is well known and will remain submerged for some time yet.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Months of inactivity allow microbes, algae, barnacles and other invertebrates to colonize submerged surfaces.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of submerged

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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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