Associations to the word «Sunken»

Wiktionary

SUNKEN, verb. (archaic) past participle of sink
SUNKEN, adjective. Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged

Dictionary definition

SUNKEN, adjective. Having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne