Plunging

/ˈplʌn.d͡ʒɪŋ/

Synonyms for "plunging" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

abrupt abysmal abyssal advanceangular motionascending ascent axialaxial motionback back-flowing backflowing backing backwardbackward motionbluff bold bottomless breakneckbrownian movement

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career cavernous climbing collapsing course current deciduous declining declivitous

Noun(5 words)

crashing decline declining decollete decrease

Strong matches (50)

decurrentdeep as helldeep-sea divingdescendant descending descent diving down down-reaching down-trending downcoming downfalling downgoing downhill downsinking downwarddownward motiondrift driftage drifting

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drooping dropping ebbing fallingfancy divingfathomless flight flow flowing fluent flux flyingforward motionfoundering gaping going gyrational gyratory headlonghigh divingmounting

Noun(8 words)

descend descent dive drop dunkfree fallimmerse nosediving

Verb(1 words)

nosedived

Related words (83)

oblique motionon the descendanton the downgradeongoing onrush orthodiagonal orthogonal passage passingpearl divingperpendicular plumb plumbless plummeting precipitous progress progressiveradial motionrandom motionrapid

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reflowing refluence refluent reflux regression regressive retrogression retrogressive right-angle right-angled right-angular rising rotary rotational rotatory run running rush rushing sagging set setting sharp sheer sidewardsideward motionsinkingskin divingsky divingsoaring soundless steep sternway straight-upstraight-up-and-downstream streaming submerging subsiding tottering traject trajet trend tumbledown unfathomable unfathomed unsoundedup-and-downup-trending upwardupward motionverticalwithout bottomyawning

Noun(8 words)

plummet plummeting precipitous steep submerge swooping tanking tumbling

Verb(1 words)

plunged

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

action verbchangedecrease in valueeventimmersion actionmotionmotion descriptormotion verbmovement process trendtrend descriptor

More specific

13 entries

demand slumpdive dunkfree fallimmersion in solventprice droprapid declinerapid fallsharp descentsteep dropsterilization in ethanolstock declinewater entry

Collocations

8 entries

plunging demandplunging enrollmentplunging growthplunging marketplunging pricesplunging stock pricesplunging temperaturesplunging trajectory

Inflections

5 entries

more plungingmost plungingplunged plunges plungings

Derivations

3 entries

plunge plunger plungingly

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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A powerful downdraft sent the plane plunging.

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The ravishing beauty queen wearing a blue velvet gown with a plunging neckline struck a pose on the red carpet.

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Tom was distracted by Mary's plunging neckline.

Source: tatoeba (6884052)

The passengers were aboard a tour boat that takes visitors to see lava plunging into the ocean from a long-erupting volcano that has been vigorously shooting lava from a new vent in the ground for the past two months.

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