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sinksnounpl. of sink a place of great vice and corruptionwas able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace Augean stables, cesspools, Gomorrahs tenderloinsdens, dumps, pigpens, pigstieshellholes, holes to become worse or of less valuehis fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business atrophies, crumbles, decays, declines, degenerates, descends, deteriorates, devolves, ebbs, regresses, retrogrades, rots, worsens abates, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, recedes, wanesbreaks down, corrupts, decomposes, degrades, dilapidates, disintegrates, molders, putrefiessours, spoilslessens, lowers, reducesdebilitates, underminesdroops, fails, falls, flags, lags, languishes, runs down, sags, slips, wastes (away), weakens, wilts goes to pot, goes to seed(or runs to seed) ameliorates, improves, meliorates betters, upgradesenhances, enriches, fortifies, heightens, intensifies, strengthensadvances, develops, marches, proceeds, progresses to go to a lower level especially abruptlyI had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock crashes, craters, declines, descends, dips, dives, drops, falls, lowers, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, skids, tumbles abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanesrecedes, retreats arises, ascends, lifts, mounts, rises, soars, spikes, ups accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mushrooms, picks up, snowballs, swells, waxes to refrain from openly showing or utteringsinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation chokes (back), holds back, pockets, represses, smothers, stifles, strangles, submerges, suppresses, swallows controls, governs, managesbridles, checks, curbs, quashes, quellsbottles up, containsmuffles, squelches expresses, looses, releases, takes out, unleashes, vents to cease to be visiblethat evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon dematerializes, disappears, dissolves, evanesces, evaporates, fades, flees, flies, melts, vanishes blanks (out), clears, dies (away or down or out), disperses, dissipates, dissolves, dries upblurs, dims drops out of sight appears, materializes arrives, breaks out, comes out, emerges, issues, looms, shows up to diminish the price or value ofthe slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass attenuates, breaks, cheapens, depreciates, depresses, devaluates, devalues, downgrades, lowers, marks down, reduces, writes down, writes off debases, demonetizesunderestimates, underprices, underrates, undervaluesabridges, compresses, contracts, de-escalates, deflates, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, moderates, shrinks appreciates, enhances, marks up, upgrades bloats, blows up, inflatesoverestimates, overprices, overrates, overvaluesadds, aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, balloons, boosts, compounds, dilates, enlarges, escalates, expands, extends, heightens, increases, maximizes, multiplies, raises, swells, ups to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyesthe revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion abases, chastens, cheapens, debases, degrades, demeans, discredits, disgraces, dishonors, fouls, humbles, humiliates, lowers, shames, smirches, takes down abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesbelittles, castigates, cries down, criticizes, decries, depreciates, detracts, diminishes, discounts, disparages, minimizes, puts down, ridicules, writes offbad-mouths, defames, defiles, libels, maligns, slandersaffronts, insultscensures, condemns, damns, denounces, execrates, reprehends, reprobates aggrandizes, canonizes, deifies, elevates, exalts acclaims, applauds, boasts, celebrates, cheers, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorates, eulogizes, extols(also extolls), fetes(or fêtes), hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes, toutsacknowledges, recognizeshighlights, plays up, spotlightsdignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, glorifies, magnifiesadvances, boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, upliftsidealizes, romanticizes to lead or extend downwardthe road sinks abruptly after that curve declines, descends, dips, drops, falls, plunges angles, cants, cocks, heels, inclines, leans, lists, reclines, slants, slopes, tilts, tips arises, ascends, climbs, mounts, rises, uprises, upsweeps, upturns evens, flattens, levels, planes, smooths(also smoothes), straightens to lose bodily strength or vigorthe old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home decays, droops, emaciates, fades, fails, flags, goes, lags, languishes, sags, wastes (away), weakens, wilts, withers breaks down, wears outyieldsdegenerates, deteriorates, rots, runs down convalesces, rallies, rebounds, 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