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sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /
ADJECTIVE
damaged
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flawed impaired injured run-down
STRONG
bent blemished busted dinged down flubbed gone hurt marred shot snafued spoiled totaled
WEAK
beat-up fouled-up glitched imperfect in need of repair in poor condition in smithereens kaput loused up messed-up mucked up no-go on the blink on the fritz out of action out of kilter out of whack screwed-up unsound
Antonyms
STRONGEST
healthy
WEAK
OK fixed mended perfect repaired unbroken undamaged working
ADJECTIVE
deep
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broad buried deep-seated far profound rooted wide
STRONG
low submarine underground yawning
WEAK
abysmal abyssal below beneath bottomless distant downreaching fathomless immersed inmost subaqueous submerged subterranean unfathomable
Antonyms
WEAK
shallow superficial
ADJECTIVE
despairing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
grief-stricken melancholic melancholy pessimistic suicidal
STRONG
blue dejected depressed oppressed
WEAK
anxious at end of one's rope brokenhearted can't win cynical desperate disconsolate downcast forlorn frantic hopeless in pain in the dumps in the pits in the soup inconsolable miserable no-win not a prayer sad shot down strabilious weighed down wretched
Antonyms
STRONG
cheerful encouraged happy joyous
WEAK
confident expectant hopeful
ADJECTIVE
desperate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
despondent forlorn futile sad vain
STRONG
downcast goner
WEAK
at end of one's rope back to the wall can't win dead duck despairing desponding gone hard up in the soup in the toilet inconsolable irrecoverable irremediable irretrievable no chance no-win running out of time up against it up the creek useless wretched
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheerful happy hopeful joyful
WEAK
calm confident content contented satisfactory satisfied secure unworried
ADJECTIVE
done for
Synonyms
WEAK
ausgespielt beaten broken conquered cooked dashed dead defeated destroyed done in doomed dying eighty-sixed exhausted finished foiled had it kaput lost packed up ruined shot through tired undone vanquished washed-up wrecked
Antonyms
WEAK
accomplished successful
ADJECTIVE
doomed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ill-fated wrecked
STRONG
bedeviled bewitched convicted cursed damned destroyed done fated foreordained lost overthrown overwhelmed predestined ruined sentenced suppressed undone unfortunate
WEAK
cut down dead duck done for ill-omened in the cards kiss of death luckless menaced que sera sera star-crossed threatened thrown down unredeemed
Antonyms
STRONG
blessed intact nice protected restored saved successful
WEAK
hopeful lucky
ADJECTIVE
downcast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discouraged forlorn
STRONG
bad blue brooding down low moody
WEAK
bummed out cast down chapfallen cheerless crestfallen daunted dejected despondent disappointed disconsolate disheartened dismayed dispirited distressed doleful down in the dumps down-in-the-mouth downhearted dragged droopy dull gloomy glum heartsick in pain listless low-spirited miserable mopey morose oppressed sad shot down singing the blues troubled weighed down woebegone
Antonyms
STRONG
above cheerful decent gay happy honest upright
WEAK
elated glad heartened satisfied
ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms
STRONGEST
submerged
STRONG
immersed
WEAK
in Davy Jones' locker
ADJECTIVE
hopeless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
desperate forlorn helpless impossible pointless sad tragic useless
WEAK
bad beyond recall cynical dejected demoralized despairing despondent disconsolate discouraging downhearted fatal gone goner ill-fated impracticable in despair incurable irredeemable irreparable irreversible irrevocable lost menacing no-win past hope shot down sinister threatening unachievable unavailing unfortunate unmitigable up the creek vain woebegone worsening
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cheerful good happy hopeful joyful
WEAK
auspicious bright encouraging expectant optimistic promising propitious rosy
ADJECTIVE
irremediable
Synonyms
WEAK
bad beyond recall cureless cynical dejected demoralized despairing desperate despondent disconsolate discouraging downhearted fatal forlorn gone goner helpless ill-fated impossible impracticable in despair incurable irredeemable irreparable irreversible irrevocable lost menacing no-win past hope pointless sad shot down sinister threatening tragic unachievable unavailing unfortunate unmitigable up the creek useless vain woebegone worsening
ADJECTIVE
kaput
Synonyms
WEAK
all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business out of circulation totaled washed up wiped-out
ADJECTIVE
reduced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discounted lowered weakened
STRONG
abated cheapened debilitated deflated degraded demoted humbled leveled
WEAK
marked down
Antonyms
WEAK
elevated enlarged heightened increased raised spread stretched
ADJECTIVE
undone
Synonyms
STRONG
destroyed killed
WEAK
done for in trouble washed-up wiped-out

Example Sentences

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South Korean giant Samsung is Vietnam's largest foreign corporate investor, having sunk more than $23 billion into the Southeast Asian country, according to the finance ministry.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Four of the Iranian navy’s primary surface combatants—including a Jamaran-class frigate—were likely sunk or crippled by March 5, according to Janes, an intelligence company specializing in military and national security analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In the past two weeks, the idea has sunk in that damage to global energy supplies won’t quickly be reversed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 29, 2026

One has to wonder if the quarter-final and the emotion of that - a visibly emotional Rock sunk to his knees at the end - took too much out of him.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

All the way home, Nhamo was sunk in thought.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer