sunken

[ suhng-kuhn ]
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adjective
  1. having sunk or been sunk beneath the surface; submerged.

  2. having settled to a lower level, as walls.

  1. situated or lying on a lower level: a sunken living room.

  2. hollow; depressed: sunken cheeks.

verb
  1. Obsolete. a past participle of sink.

Origin of sunken

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, past participle of sinken to sink

Other words from sunken

  • half-sunken, adjective
  • un·sunk·en, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for sunken

sunken

/ (ˈsʌŋkən) /


verb
  1. a past participle of sink

adjective
  1. unhealthily hollow: sunken cheeks

  2. situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one

  1. situated under water; submerged

  2. depressed; low: sunken spirits

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