sunken
About 1.48 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb past participle of sink
- adjective Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
- adjective Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.
Similar words
hollow submerged drowned recessed deep-set swamped underground sinking sediment drowning
Often followed by
eyes and road in cheeks ships rocks garden ship
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