Sunken definition

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Below a surrounding level.

A sunken meadow.

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Submerged.

A sunken ship.

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Depressed; dejected.

Sunken spirits.

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Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed.

Sunken cheeks.

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Below the level of the surrounding or adjoining area.

A sunken patio.

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(archaic) Past participle of sink.
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Situated beneath the surface of the water or ground; submerged.

A sunken reef.

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Fallen in; hollow.

Sunken cheeks.

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Sunken Sentence Examples

  • There is profound collapse, the features are sunken, the skin moist and cyanosed.

  • She has a large, hooked nose, gaps in her teeth and sunken eyes.

  • You'll see a Kraken and a sunken rowboat.

  • Six weeks after inoculation brownish, sunken lesions were observed on the base of stems of seedlings inoculated with all anastomosis groups.

  • By contrast, the sunken Bismarck was largely intact.

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