Antonyms for plunged
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pluhnj |
| Phonetic Transcription : plÊŒndÊ’ |
Definition of plunged
Origin :- late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
- verb dive or fall fast
- He, too, plunged into the sea, and Bunsby and the captain were left alone.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Her brother's and sister's triumph upon the difficulties into which they have plunged her.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He plunged into talk with the boys, making them answer questions.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Fretted by the pain, he plunged into the wilderness to hide like a wounded deer.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Ongyatasse at our head, we plunged into the river after them.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- There was a stage cough, and Kitty plunged into the room, carefully unnoticing.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The Chevrotte was gaily singing, and she plunged into it like a startled fawn.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- So it was that these two young persons were plunged in grief.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- So she went to the next shire, and liked it so well that she plunged off to London, then to the Hebrides.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- The card-players have plunged suddenly in medias res of bargaining.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
Synonyms for plunged
- belly-flop
- career
- cast
- charge
- dash
- descend
- dip
- drive
- drop
- duck
- fling
- go down
- go the limit
- go whole hog
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- jump
- keel
- lunge
- lurch
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunk
- propel
- rush
- shoot the works
- sink
- sound
- submerge
- submerse
- swoop
- take a flyer
- take a header
- tear
- throw
- throw oneself
- thrust
- topple
- tumble
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