Sunken-eyed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having eyes that appear as though they have retreated back into the sockets, especially as a result or fatigue, ill-health, ageing, trauma, etc.

    "Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver wordnet

Synonyms

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deep-eyedhollow-eyed

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"Otis was unfeignedly thankful to lay down his work for a little while and escape from the seething, whining, weakly hive, impotent to help itself, but strong in its power to cripple, thwart, and annoy the sunken-eyed man, who, by official irony, was said to be “in charge” of it."

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