sunken

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌŋkən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ʌŋkən

Verb

sunken

(archaic) past participle of sink

Adjective

sunken (not comparable)

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
(of eyes or cheeks) 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.

Translations

depressed or submerged

Finnish: uponnut (fi), upoksissa oleva
Georgian: ჩაძირული (čaʒiruli)
Greek: βυθισμένος (el) (vythisménos)
Latin: summersus
Maori: mōroto

Romanian: scufundat, afundat (ro)
Russian: затону́вший (ru) (zatonúvšij), зато́пленный (ru) (zatóplennyj) (deliberately)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: suddedig, tanddwr (cy)

of eyes or cheeks seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face.

Maori: mōroto

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