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sunk [sʌŋk] vb a past participle of sink adj
Informal with all hopes dashed; ruined if the police come while we're opening the safe, we'll be sunk ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
sunk adjective ruined, lost, finished, done for (informal), on the rocks, dead in the water (informal), all washed up (informal), up the creek without a paddle (informal) Without him we'd all be well and truly sunk. Translations sunk, sunken sink How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported for ever; it sunk within a few days into a calmer melancholy; but these employments, to which she daily recurred, her solitary walks and silent meditations, still produced occasional effusions of sorrow as lively as ever. They sunk our fishing-boat and brought us both on to this ship. If we ARE to part, it will at least be handsome to take your personal leave--but I have little heart to jest; in truth, I am serious enough; for to be sunk, though but for an hour, in your esteem Is a humiliation to which I know not how to submit. |
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