Undereye

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The area of skin immediately under the eye.

    "In some vague corner of his mind, he remembered her forgetfulness, the weary smudges of blue that bruised her undereyes when the sky was still pale with white light from the sun […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Under the eye. not-comparable

    "Lips that have thinned over time may cause a person to appear irritable or tense, a naturally elevated brow may suggest judgment or skepticism, and undereye shadows can make a person appear weary and burdened."

Example

More examples

"Lips that have thinned over time may cause a person to appear irritable or tense, a naturally elevated brow may suggest judgment or skepticism, and undereye shadows can make a person appear weary and burdened."

Etymology

From under + eye.

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