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sunken

(sʌŋkən)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Sunken ships have sunk to the bottom of a sea, ocean, or lake.
The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.
Try diving for sunken treasure.
Synonyms: submerged, immersed, submersed More Synonyms of sunken
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Sunken gardens, roads, or other features are below the level of their surrounding area.
Steps lead down to the sunken garden.
The room was dominated by a sunken bath.
Synonyms: lowered, buried, depressed, recessed More Synonyms of sunken
3. adjective
Sunken eyes, cheeks, or other parts of the body curve inwards and make you look thin and unwell.
Her eyes were sunken and black-ringed.
...an elderly man with sunken cheeks.
Synonyms: hollow, drawn, haggard, hollowed More Synonyms of sunken

sunken in British English

(ˈsʌŋkən)
verb
1.  a past participle of sink
adjective
2. 
unhealthily hollow
sunken cheeks
3. 
situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one
4. 
situated under water; submerged
5. 
depressed; low
sunken spirits

sunken in American English

(ˈsʌŋkən)
verb intransitive, verb transitive
1.  obs. pp. of
sink
adjective
2. 
submerged
a sunken ship
3. 
below the level of the surrounding or adjoining area
a sunken patio
4. 
fallen in; hollow
sunken cheeks
5. 
depressed; dejected
sunken spirits

Examples of 'sunken' in a sentence
sunken

They have very white faces and their eyes look sunken in.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
One bedroom has a sunken pink bath under a trapdoor.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Divers were yesterday searching the sunken ship.
The Sun (2013)
Or you can enter via the sunken garden into a boot room and on into the large kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Look out for tell-tale areas of sunken bark nearby.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Rooms feature beamed ceilings, exposed stone walls and sunken baths.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To the east the house looks out over the typically Edwardian sunken garden with a lily pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In the other half are a vast, sunken bath and an indoor shower.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The Edwardian circular sunken garden survives with the original topiary.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We didn't know if we were looking for a sunken boat or one that was still floating.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
MPs with sunken eyes are looking over their shoulders, waiting for their expense claims to be published.
The Sun (2009)
Ours also came with an enormous outdoor bathroom, with a sunken bath under its own thatched roof.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The bones are there, a large walled garden to the east and a sunken garden to the south.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They have lots of smart brushed steel and industrial tiles, as well as sunken baths and rainforest showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The beast spent a night in the sunken play area as it couldn't climb up the steep concrete sides.
The Sun (2009)
Her cheeks also look sunken.
The Sun (2008)
The other day I settled down to watch a programme on sunken treasure.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A huge bathroom has a sunken bath, the drawing room a vaulted roof.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
TWO men were arrested yesterday on suspicion of stealing a cannon and treasures from a sunken 17th-century warship.
The Sun (2011)
There are good-sized rooms, large gardens and sunken swimming pools.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Each suite features a marble bathroom, sunken bath, terrace and landscaped courtyard.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You can't go casually looking for sunken treasure in the UK.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
sunken

British English: sunken ADJECTIVE
Sunken ships have sunk to the bottom of a sea, ocean, or lake.
The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.
  • American English: sunken
  • Brazilian Portuguese: afundado
  • Chinese: 沉没的
  • European Spanish: hundido
  • French: englouti
  • German: versunken
  • Italian: sommerso
  • Japanese: 沈んだ
  • Korean: 침몰한
  • European Portuguese: afundado
  • Latin American Spanish: hundido

1 (adjective) 
Definition
situated under water
Try diving for sunken treasure.
Synonyms
submerged
Most of the mouth of the cave was submerged in the lake.
immersed
submersed
2 (adjective) 
Definition
situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one
Steps led down to the sunken bath.
Synonyms
lowered
buried
depressed
Manual pressure is applied to a depressed point on the body.
recessed
below ground
at a lower level
3 (adjective) 
Definition
(of a person's cheeks, eyes, or chest) curving inward due to old age or bad health
Her cheeks were sunken and her eyes drooped.
Synonyms
hollow
hollow cheeks
drawn
She looked drawn and tired.
haggard
He was pale and a bit haggard.
hollowed
concave
Remove the flesh from the concave part of the shell.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of concave
Definition
curving inwards like the inside surface of a ball
Remove the flesh from the concave part of the shell.
Synonyms
hollow,
cupped,
depressed,
scooped,
hollowed,
excavated,
sunken,
indented,
incurved
in the sense of depressed
Definition
pressed down or flattened
Manual pressure is applied to a depressed point on the body.
Synonyms
sunken,
hollow,
recessed,
set back,
indented,
concave
in the sense of drawn
Definition
haggard, tired, or tense in appearance
She looked drawn and tired.
Synonyms
tense,
worn,
strained,
stressed,
tired,
pinched,
fatigued,
harassed,
fraught,
sapped,
harrowed,
haggard

Nearby words of
sunken

  • Sunday
  • sundry
  • sunk
  • sunken
  • sunless
  • sunlight
  • sunny

Related terms of
sunken

  • sink
  • sink in

Synonyms of 'sunken'

sunken

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of haggard
Definition
looking tired and ill
He was pale and a bit haggard.
Synonyms
gaunt,
wasted,
drawn,
thin,
pinched,
wrinkled,
ghastly,
wan,
emaciated,
shrunken,
careworn,
hollow-eyed
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