Definitions
How to pronounce sunken:
Sunken - as an adjective satellite
Having a sunken area
Example: "Hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
Sunken - as a verb
(heading, physical) to move or be moved into something.
(heading, social) to diminish or be diminished.
To conceal and appropriate.
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
To pay absolutely.
Example: "I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project."
To reduce or extinguish by payment.
Example: "To sink the national debt"
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
Sunken - as an adjective
Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
Example: "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.
Example: "She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes."
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Word Game Points
SUNKEN has a SCRABBLE points total of 10.
SUNKEN has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
SUNKEN has a WORDFEUD points total of 11.
