deep-setadjective
uk/ˌdiːpˈset/us/ˌdiːpˈset/Deep-set eyes are far back in the bones of the face.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- simple eye
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
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Examples from literature
- His deep-set fierce old eyes gleamed under his beetling brows.
- His deep-set grey eyes were fixed upon her.
- In his deep-set, piercing eyes lurked all the pains of a lifetime.
- People rarely noticed that Rachel's hair was brown, and that her deep-set eyes were gray.
- The eyes are deep-set, brilliant, restless—with infinite lessons of hours of agony, of loneliness, torture in all the million hours which filled up his nine years of endless and unbroken gloom in penal servitude.