Synonyms for sinking
sink·ing

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Decrease
   • Descent

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1. drowningverb

   meaning

   unknown

   Submitted by siddharthdinesh4 on July 28, 2021  

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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

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1. sinking

   Synonyms:
   See Maritime disaster
   

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1. Vital Muhini:

   It's unfortunate to find that people travel aboard a small boat and there is not even a manifest, with a heavy cargo of goods. The people had no life jackets,... which calls for the sanctions of all the perpetrators who contributed to this sinking.

2. Olivier Jakob:

   The Sea King is part of the reason Brent is sinking, this is not a usual move and does not bode well for North Sea crude oil that has been relying on shipments to Asia to clear the overhang that was visible during June.

3. Rey Chavez:

   Thank you for what you've done for us, thank you for keeping my aunt safe and never forgetting her. It's still sinking in.

4. Professor Richard Sanders:

   If we can get the density of this instrument just right, it will sit neither sinking nor floating. Now that's easy to say but it's actually a considerable challenge to do... They weigh about 100 kilograms and we need to ballast them to approximately better than one gram. So that's a considerable challenge. The way that we do that is by putting them in tanks of water... and adding weights until they're just sinking; at which point we know they have the same density as the water that they're sitting in.

5. Dave Roberts:

   It's sinking in, i think as we go forward, really that appreciation of our history and how that came to be is so important.