hollow-eyed
hollow-eyed · more hollow-eyed · most hollow-eyed
Having sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleepHaving sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.
Meaning
1 sensesHaving sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.
His hollow-eyed visage showed he'd been tortured with fear.
More definitions
- characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
Origin
From hollow + eyed.From hollow + eyed.
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Forms
more hollow-eyed, most hollow-eyed| Comparative | more hollow-eyed Lesson |
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| Superlative | most hollow-eyed Lesson |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver:deep-eyedsunken-eyed
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form