We felt the ground sinking.
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Sinking
//ˈsɪŋkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sinking" (224 found)
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Strong matches (67)
descendingdescentdesolatedespaired ofdespairingdeterioratingdetrusiondiggingdiminishingdiminutiondipdippingdisintegratingdolefuldolorousdone fordotingdousingdowndown-reaching
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down-trendingdowncomingdownfallingdowngoingdownhilldownsinkingdownwarddownward motiondrainingdriftdriftagedriftingdrillingdroopingdroppingduckduckingdunkingdwindlingdyingebbingeffeteengulfmentexcavationexpiringfacing deathfadingfailingfallfallingflaggingflightflowflowingfluentfluxflyingforlornforward motionfounderingfragmentingfretfulgetting ongiven upgoinggoing to piecesgrowing old
Related words (112)
gyrationalgyratoryhauling downheavy-ladenhollownesshopelessimmergenceimmersionin articulo mortisin extremisincapable of lifeinundationjitteryjumpylanguishinglowloweringmarcescentminingmiserable
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moribundmountingmournfulnear deathnervousnonviableoblique motionon the descendanton the downgradeongoingonrushpassagepassingpiningplummetingplungingprobingprogressprogressivequeasyradial motionrandom motionrecedingreductionreflowingrefluencerefluentrefluxregressionregressiverelapseretiringretreatingretrograderetrogressionretrogressiverisingrotaryrotationalrotatoryrunrunningrushrushingsagsaggingsenescentsetsettingshakyshrinkingshrivelingsidewardsideward motionsinkageslidingslippingslipping awayslumpingsoaringsousesousingsternwaystreamstreamingstrickensubmergencesubmergingsubmersionsubsidingtabetictenseterminalthrusting undertotteringtrajecttrajettrendtumbledowntunnelinguneasyunquietup-trendingupwardupward motionwaningwastingwiltingwitheringwoefulworsening
Noun(1 words)
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22 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَرَق noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Bulgarian
1 entries- потъване noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 下沉 noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
- 沉沒 /沉没 noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Danish
1 entries- forlis noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Finnish
1 entries- uppoaminen noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
French
1 entries- naufrage noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
German
1 entries- Untergang noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Italian
2 entries- affondamento noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
- naufragio noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Japanese
1 entries- 沈没 noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Korean
1 entries- 침몰 noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Māori
1 entries- totohutanga noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forlis noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Polish
1 entries- tonięcie noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Portuguese
1 entries- naufrágio noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Russian
3 entries- ги́бель noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
- круше́ние noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
- потопле́ние noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Spanish
2 entries- hundimiento noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
- naufragio noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Swedish
1 entries- förlisning noun (process by which something sinks, or is sunk)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The leisure industry is sinking more money into new resorts.
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Rats leave a sinking ship.
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We watched the sun sinking below the horizon.
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