Showing Results for "sank"

sank

[sangk] / sæŋk /

VERB

fall in, go under

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capsize decline descend dig dip disappear drill drive drop drown fall go down lower overturn plummet plunge ram sag settle slump stick submerge wreck

STRONG

bore couch depress droop ebb engulf excavate flounder founder immerse lay overwhelm regress run scuttle set shipwreck slope stab stoop subside swamp thrust

WEAK

bring down cast down cave in demit force down go to the bottom let down put down tip over touch bottom

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up increase raise rise

STRONG

excite grow halt lift neglect succeed underwhelm

WEAK

brave fight float strengthen

VERB

fall, decrease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collapse drop slip slump

STRONG

abate diminish lapse lessen relapse retrogress subside wane

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend increase rise

STRONG

enlarge extend grow prolong raise strengthen

WEAK

brave fight float

VERB

deteriorate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease depreciate descend die dwindle fade fail weaken

STRONG

decay degenerate diminish disintegrate flag lessen retrograde rot spoil waste worsen

WEAK

disimprove go downhill

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend develop enlarge expand go up grow improve increase raise rise strengthen

STRONG

build extend flourish

WEAK

brave fight float

VERB

be humble or humbled

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lower

STRONG

abase debase degrade demean humiliate stoop succumb

WEAK

be reduced to bemean cast down

Antonyms

STRONG

elevate enhance honor improve laud praise upgrade

WEAK

brave fight float grow increase rise strengthen

Example Sentences

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The prospect of higher borrowing costs once again hurt tech firms, which tumbled on Wall Street, where the Nasdaq sank two percent and the S&P 500 shed almost as much.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The researchers believe the shipment sank during a particularly unstable period in Mediterranean history.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

"Honestly, my heart sank when the war started again," one audience member told BBC Persian.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

If Broadway has scraped the barrel-bottom of A-list movies to adapt, at least it can mock them: “Titanique” is a frisky and funny spoof of the James Cameron juggernaut about that big ship that sank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I sank down on the narrow bed, then went into a fresh paroxysm of coughs as a cloud of choking black dust rose from the filthy straw mattress.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom