sunken

sunken

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌŋkən/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋkən

Verb

sunken

1. (archaic) past participle of sink

Adjective

sunken (not comparable)

1. caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
   • The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
2. (of eyes or cheeks) seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
   • She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.

Translations

depressed or submerged

Finnish: uponnut (fi), upoksissa oleva Georgian: ჩაძირული (čaʒiruli) Greek: βυθισμένος (el) (vythisménos) Latin: summersus Maori: mōroto

Romanian: scufundat, afundat (ro) Russian: затону́вший (ru) (zatonúvšij), зато́пленный (ru) (zatóplennyj) (deliberately) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: suddedig, tanddwr (cy)

of eyes or cheeks seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face.

Maori: mōroto