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hollow-eyed

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hollow-eyed
adj
with the eyes appearing to be sunk into the face, as from excessive fatigue
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Adj.1.hollow-eyed - characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
deep-eyed, sunken-eyed
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
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hollow-eyed [ˈhɒləʊˈaɪd] ADJ → de ojos hundidos; (with fatigue) → ojeroso
hollow-eyed
adj → hohläugig
hollow-eyed [ˌhɒləʊˈaɪd] adj → dagli occhi infossati
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