What does sunken mean?
Sunken means (archaic) past participle of sink.
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/ˈsʌŋkən/ · verb
(archaic) past participle of sink.
The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
sunken mountain ranges I took for islands
She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.
The heartbreak will take some getting over; the sunken forms of the players at the full-time whistle said as much.
Use sunken when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sunken means (archaic) past participle of sink.
Common synonyms include hollow, swamped, submerged, deep-set.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
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