TANKED Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈtaŋ(k)t

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slang

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol we can count on those jerks getting tanked tonight after the game

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verb

past tense of tank

as in flopped

to be unsuccessful her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots

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Recent Examples of tanked

Adjective

Because sales of home media almost completely tanked while streaming services were ascendant, many manufacturers of stand-alone players exited the market. —

Matt Kamen, Wired News, 29 May 2026 The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked. —

Henry Austin, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026 Some of the frustration is also economic: His ever-shifting tariffs have raised expectations of a recession and tanked consumer confidence. —

Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Casablanca was based on a play that instantly tanked. —

Peter Bart, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 As stocks tanked following news of President Trump’s new tariffs, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu got billions richer. —

Gigi Zamora, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 The Supreme Court’s early indications boosted the shares of companies behind rival platforms, but shares of Oracle, which hosts U.S. TikTok data, tanked 5% Friday. —

Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 CrowdStrike’s stock price predictably tanked after the July 19 outage disrupted various services across the nation, from flights to court dates to hospital appointments. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024

Verb

Jackson fans accuse the documentary of being sensational and light on the facts, and as such, have tanked its score. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Ratings have tanked under his watch. —

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 June 2026 Polls show consistently that the media’s approval rating has tanked to an all-time low. —

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026 Financial markets tanked following the release of the report, which was stronger than expected. —

Nathan Diller, USA Today, 7 June 2026 Moscow launched the onslaught against threats of heightened aggression, citing a wave of Ukrainian near-daily attacks on Russian oil assets that tanked fuel stocks and exacerbated economic woes. —

Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026 Fallout from the scandal, compounded by the Labor Party’s stinging local election losses, has tanked Starmer’s poll numbers. —

Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Think back to last month, when Meta reported a monster quarter and the stock tanked. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 28 May 2026 Since the end of Operation Metro Surge in February, donations to volunteer mutual aid groups have tanked. —

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 13 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanked

Adjective

At a different show, a drunk pedestrian tried to board the bus during faux-Monroe’s speech.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said evidence presented during the trial showed Sherman was drunk and had taken psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, in his Lodi apartment prior to meeting Makinano outside Garry's Lounge that night.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 June 2026