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sunk

/sʌŋk/

A form of sink — To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

Similar

done for ruined undone washed-up unsuccessful

Less commonScrabble 8

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Meanings

verb

participlepastpast participle of sink
dialectalpastpast of sink
He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.
1727, Jonathan Swift, “Desire and Possession”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, […], new edition, volume VII, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1801, →OCLC
1 more example
Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported for ever; it sunk within a few days into a calmer melancholy; […]
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 196

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedoomed to extinction

Similar

done for ruined undone washed-up unsuccessful

Also see

accursed condemned cursed cussed damned done done for doomed fey finished ill-fated ruined tormented undone unsuccessful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sunk

trunk funk junk unc hunk chunk bunk dunk shrunk splunk crunk thunk debunk gunk plunk flunk slunk kerplunk degunk frunk spelunk

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APA

sunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunk

MLA

“sunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunk.

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