sunken
Beneath the waterline
Sunken describes something that has sunk or lies beneath a surface.
A sunken ship rests on the ocean floor.
Sunken eyes or cheeks appear hollow and recessed, often from illness or exhaustion.
Sunken can also mean situated below the surrounding level: a sunken living room, a sunken garden.
The word functions as the past participle of sink in certain constructions, though sunk is more common.
Below the surface
- submergedBelow water's surface
- drownedDied by submersion
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
depths · seabed · engulfed · immersed · flooded · inundated · submersible · abyssal
Empty within
- gauntLean from deprivation
- shadowedFollowed covertly
- deep-setPlaced far back
- haggardExhausted in appearance
exhausted · tired · wan · pallid · cavernous · skeletal · emaciated · fatigued
Destroyed vessel at sea
- lostUnable to navigate
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- decayedBroken down organically
- crumbledBroke into particles
collapsed · derelict · abandoned · decrepit · dilapidated · deteriorated · eroded · corroded
Curving inward, not outward
- indentedSet back from edge
- depressedPersistently sad, spiritless
- recessedSet back into something
- cavityEmpty space within
crater · depression · dimple · dip · excavation · indentation · pitted · trough
underwater
Below the surface
wreck · depths · seabed · engulfed · immersed · flooded · inundated · submersible · abyssal · aquatic
hollow
Empty within
haggard · exhausted · tired · wan · pallid · cavernous · skeletal · emaciated · fatigued · weary
shipwreck
Destroyed vessel at sea
crumbled · collapsed · derelict · abandoned · decrepit · dilapidated · deteriorated · eroded · corroded · rotted
concave
Curving inward, not outward
cavity · crater · depression · dimple · dip · excavation · indentation · pitted · trough · void
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
haggard · skeletal · wasted · thin · bony · angular · starved · malnourished · cadaverous · pinched
sunkenprotruding
Extending outward noticeably
bulging · convex · protuberant · jutting · projecting
- sunk costUnrecoverable past outlay
- sunk inComprehended after delay
- sunken treasureValuables on ocean floor
- sunken shipsSubmerged maritime vessels
- sunken eyesRecessed orbital appearance
- sunken vesselsSubmerged boats or ships