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deep-set

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deep-set (dpst)
adj.
1. Deeply set or placed: deep-set eyes.
2. Deep-seated: deep-set hatred.
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Adj.1.deep-set - having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look"
recessed, sunken
hollow - not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
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Spanish deep-set [ˈdiːpsɛt] adj [eyes] → hundido
French deep-set [ˈdiːpsɛt] adj [eyes] → enfoncé(e)
German deep-set [ˈdiːpsɛt] deep adj → tief liegend
Italian deep-set [ˈdiːpsɛt] adj [eyes] → infossato/a
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He turned his head and rose at Thomson's entrance, a rather short, keen-looking young man, his face slightly pitted with smallpox, his mouth hard and firm, his eyes deep-set and bright.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
His small, deep-set eyes always twinkled and looked out straight.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Of middle height, rather lean than otherwise, he had deep-set eyes, a mean appearance, his hair was coarse, black and thin, which, say the biographers of his time, made him take early to the skull-cap.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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