Sinking

/ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/

Synonyms for "sinking" (254 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Noun(7 words)

abatement amortization anxietydebt retirementdecline declining descend

advance aging ancientangular motionanxious apprehensive ascending ascent axialaxial motionback back-flowing backflowing backing backwardbackward motionbad baptismbrownian movementburial

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Strong matches (76)

descending descent desolatedespaired ofdespairing deteriorating detrusion digging diminishing diminution dip dipping disintegrating doleful dolorousdone fordoting dousing down down-reaching

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Noun(11 words)

descending descensus descent deteriorate deterioratingdownward deformationdownward movementdread dropping foreboding foundering

Related words (127)

going to piecesgrowing oldgyrational gyratoryhauling downheavy-laden hollowness hopeless immergence immersionin articulo mortisin extremisincapable of lifeinundation jittery jumpy languishing low lowering marcescent

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mining miserable moribund mounting mournfulnear deathnervous nonviableoblique motionon the descendanton the downgradeongoing onrush passage passing pining plummeting plunging probing progress progressive queasyradial motionrandom motionreceding reduction reflowing refluence refluent reflux regression regressive relapse retiring retreating retrograde retrogression retrogressive rising rotary rotational rotatory run running rush rushing sag sagging senescent set setting shaky shrinking shriveling sidewardsideward motionsinkage sliding slippingslipping awayslumping soaring souse sousing sternway stream streaming stricken submergence submerging submersion subsiding tabetic tense terminalthrusting undertottering traject trajet trend tumbledown tunneling uneasy unquiet up-trending upwardupward motionwaning wasting wilting withering woeful worsening

Noun(13 words)

holing immerse pocketing scuttling settlingsinking feelingsubmerge submergence submerging submersion subsidence unease waning

Adjective(1 words)

sinkable

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

20 entries

action verbanxiety change condition decrease descentdownward movementdrop-offemotional statefallfinancial conceptfunding mechanismgeological processland deformationlessening mood

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More specific

26 entries

aircraft sinkinganxiety apprehensionbasin subsidenceboat sinkingbond retirement funddebt retirement funddisquiet dive dunk immerselocalized subsidenceplungeship sinkingsinking buoysinking demand

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Collocations

9 entries

rate of sinkingsinking economysinking feelingsinking fundsinking into sleepsinking marketsinking moralesinking pricessinking ship

Inflections

6 entries

more sinkingmost sinkingsank sinkings sinks sunk

Derivations

6 entries

amortization sink sinkable sinkage sinker sinky

Sample sentences

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We felt the ground sinking.

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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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