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slunken

slunken adjective: shrivelled; lean, lank.

Adjective

slunken (comparative more slunken, superlative most slunken)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Shrivelled; lean, lank.

Forms of slunken

comparativemore slunken
superlativemost slunken

Origin of slunken

From the past participle of slink. Compare Scots slunken (“lank, emaciated, lean, sunken”), Norwegian slunken (“lean, lank”), Danish slunken (“lean, lank”).

Questions about slunken

What does slunken mean?
Slunken means shrivelled; lean, lank.
What part of speech is slunken?
Slunken is an adjective.

Words near slunken in the dictionary

  1. slung up
  2. slungshot
  3. slungshots
  4. Slunj
  5. slunk
  6. slunken
  7. slunks
  8. slunt
  9. slunts
  10. slur
  11. slur over

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