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deep-set
adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
steady
VERB + DEEP-SET
eyes
DEEP-SET + NOUN
beliefs
PREP.
into, with
Definitions
adj
1
Set deeply below a surface, as on a face.
His haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion.
Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they [the eyes] showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.
2
firmly in place; long-standing
deep-set beliefs
deep-set inequalities
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having a sunken area
- sunken
- recessed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
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His haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion.
Wiktionary02
Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they [the eyes] showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production
Wiktionary03
deep-set beliefs
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