deep-set — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Set deeply below a surface, as on a face.

   Examples

   His haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion.

   More examples (1)

   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

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   deep-set beliefs

   deep-set inequalities

Adjective

1. having a sunken area

   Synonyms

   sunkenrecessed

   Examples

   hunger gave their faces a sunken look