sunken

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SUNKEN

curved inward <our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking>

Synonyms concave, dented, depressed, dished, indented, recessed, sunken

Near Antonyms ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed, puffy, risen, swollen; domed, global, globular, round, rounded, spherical

Antonyms bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant

living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water <diving for sunken treasure>

Synonyms aquatic, submarine, submerged, sunken

Related Words oceanic; undersea; abysmal, abyssal, deep, deep-sea, deepwater

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