Antonyms for sunk


Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhngk
Phonetic Transcription : sʌŋk


Definition of sunk

Origin :
  • Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwanan (cf. Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."
  • The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.
  • verb fall in, go under
  • verb fall, decrease
  • verb deteriorate
  • verb be humble or humbled
Example sentences :
  • I was with him when he died, but knew not the hour he departed, for he sunk to rest like an infant.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Is it not most pitiful to see a human being, made in the image of God, sunk so low?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She found her at last, in her hiding-place behind the bed, sunk in deep dejection.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I returned stoutly; for I had, of course, sunk the Isthmus of Panama beneath the sea.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • We sunk many guns in the lake; and as for the powder, that had taken care of itself.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • We waited until she sunk her topsails, and then went on our course.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Meantime the body had decayed and had sunk down into a handful of dust.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • It seemed strange to Dick that none of them had been sunk, and in fact it was strange.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • For the first time in all those years, she sunk under her cares.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I am hardened now, I have sunk too low to care long even for that.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for sunk

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