All sinking synonyms
sink
S s adjective sinking
- declining β deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- groundward β Towards the ground.
- engulfing β Present participle of engulf.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- dropping β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- immersing β to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- drowning β to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- downward β Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- incurvated β Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate.
- incurved β Turned inwards.
- descending β When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it.
adj sinking
- biconcave β (of a lens) having concave faces on both sides; concavo-concave
- descendent β coming or going downwards; descending
- concave β A surface that is concave curves inwards in the middle.
- dimpled β a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- cupped β hollowed like a cup; concave
- dying β ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- lessening β to become less.
- incurvate β curved, especially inward.
- in extremis β in extremity.
- at death's door β If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
- falling β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- liverish β resembling liver, especially in color.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- catabolic β destructive metabolism; the breaking down in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones, with the release of energy (opposed to anabolism).
- earthward β Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
noun sinking
- downtick β a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- descent β A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- low water β water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- downtrend β a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- downturn β an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- drop-off β a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- backflow β a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cave-in β a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- falloff β a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- cavein β a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).