Synonyms for sinking
sinking

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1. sinkingnoun

   a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

   "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"

   Synonyms:
   sinking feeling

2. sinkingnoun

   a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

   "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"

   Synonyms:
   sinking feeling

3. sinking, sinking feelingnoun

   a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension

   "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"

   Synonyms:
   sinking feeling, sinking

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Decrease
   • Descent

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1. drowningverb

   meaning

   unknown

   Submitted by siddharthdinesh4 on July 28, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. sinkingnoun

   Synonyms:
   subsidence, fall, decrease, decline

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1. List of paraphrases for "sinking":

   shipwreck, wreck, naufrage, drowned, sunken, drowning, collapse, sinks, draught, wrecking

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sinking

   Synonyms:
   See Maritime disaster
   

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How to use sinking in a sentence?

1. Romare Beardon:

   Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the world. Venice is sinking. Great books and pictures were lost in the Florence floods. In the meantime we still enjoy butterflies.

2. Colin Wilson:

   This is one of the most urgent problems for civilized man. He has created civilization to give him security. Security for what? For boredom? His chief problem seems to be that most human beings need a certain amount of challenge, of external stimulus, to stop them from sinking into the blank stare and blank consciousness of the idiot.

3. Yoni Brook:

   It was sunrise the morning after 9/11, you could look at it and see the immense task ahead of everybody. And also, there was just like a degree of it sinking in, that it was going to be a new normal for New Yorkers and for everybody looking at it the next day.

4. Simon Black:

   It's also the economic reality sinking in.

5. Olivia Ward:

   They do give you all the tools that you need plus you have phone numbers galore, and it's your responsibility to reach out if you feel like you're sinking, everybody that's on 'The Biggest Loser' is an adult. You are given a calorie count. Mine was 1304. I was given that from a doctor, and I adhered to that because that was the medical advice and direction that I was given.