sinkier
Likelier to submerge
Sinkier is the comparative form of sinky, describing something that sinks or has a tendency to sink more than something else.
The word appears mostly in casual or playful contexts: This mattress is even sinkier than the old one, The mud got sinkier as we walked deeper into the marsh.
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- heavinessState of being weighty
downtrodden · low · dejected · despondent · hopeless · weighted · burdened · spiraling
Underlying support structure
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- collapseSudden structural failure
- erosionGradual wearing away
unstable · crumbling · weakening · deteriorating · sagging · tilting · shifting · undermined
despair
Total absence of hope
- depressionProlonged low state
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
heaviness · downtrodden · low · dejected · despondent · hopeless · weighted · burdened · spiraling · declining
foundation
Underlying support structure
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- collapseSudden structural failure
erosion · unstable · crumbling · weakening · deteriorating · sagging · tilting · shifting · undermined · compromised
quicksand
Yielding, engulfing sediment
swamp · marsh · sediment · ooze · slush · muck · quagmire · peat · sludge · clay
- sinking feelingAnxious gut premonition
- sinking inGradually being understood
- sinking shipVessel filling with water
- Titanic sinkingOcean liner's fatal collision
- ship sinkingVessel descending below water
- sinking fundAccumulated debt repayment savings