hollow-eyed
/'hɔlouaid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having eyes that appear deeply sunken or recessed: Describes a person whose eyes look deeply set into their face, often due to fatigue, illness, or extreme thinness, creating a shadowed or gaunt appearance.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After three sleepless nights, he looked hollow-eyed and exhausted.
- The illness left her hollow-eyed and pale.
- The portrait captured the subject's hollow-eyed gaze, full of sorrow.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive Use: Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke a vivid image of someone's worn, tired, or ill appearance.
- The refugees, hollow-eyed from hunger and fear, waited in line for aid.
Variants and Related Words
- Sunken-eyed (adj): Similar in meaning, describing eyes that appear recessed.
- He was sunken-eyed after the long journey.
- Gaunt (adj): Very thin, especially from illness or hunger, often implying a hollow-eyed look.
- His face was gaunt and hollow-eyed.
Synonyms
- Deep-set: (of eyes) positioned far back in the face.
- Gaunt: Extremely thin and bony.
- Wan: Pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.
Antonyms
- Bright-eyed: Having eyes that are lively and alert.
- Rosy-cheeked: Having healthy, pink cheeks; looking healthy and vigorous.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- To have hollows under one's eyes: A descriptive phrase meaning to have dark, sunken areas below the eyes.
- The stress of the exam gave her hollows under her eyes.
Adjective
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characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
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