Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having eyes set well behind the brow; characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deep-eyed.

Examples

  • It struck her then that they were very similar in look, both powerfully built, deep-eyed, and stern.

    Shield of Thunder Gemmell, David 2006

  • It was always so, always had been so, always would be so, at these meetings of theirs: she was immeasurably the strongest; and the deep-eyed young man fancied, in the chagrin which the perception of this difference always bred in him, that she triumphed in her superior control.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

  • Sculptures like life and thought, immovable, deep-eyed.

    The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

  • “Right,” he said and flashed a deep-eyed look at me before he turned to go back to his room.

    Rain V. C. Andrews 2001

  • “Right,” he said and flashed a deep-eyed look at me before he turned to go back to his room.

    Rain V. C. Andrews 2001

  • "Well, he asked for the fairest of the nuns to pose for the altarpiece that he was painting of the blessed Virgin, that's what he did," said the first student, black-haired and deep-eyed, staring at me with a cunning smile.

    Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999

  • And at that the habited figure did turn, the cowled head reared to face the stranger, and the sidelong light from the altar lamp showed a lean, deep-eyed, bearded face, a long, straight, aristocratic nose, a fell of dark hair within the hood, as Drogo Bosiet and the hermit of Eyton forest looked long and steadily at each other.

    The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

  • And at that the habited figure did turn, the cowled head reared to face the stranger, and the sidelong light from the altar lamp showed a lean, deep-eyed, bearded face, a long, straight, aristocratic nose, a fell of dark hair within the hood, as Drogo Bosiet and the hermit of Eyton forest looked long and steadily at each other.

    The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

  • He saw them coming and straightened up from his labours with the mattock still in his hands, and showed them a strong, fleshless face, olive-skinned and deep-eyed, framed in a thick bush of dark hair and beard.

    The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

  • He saw them coming and straightened up from his labours with the mattock still in his hands, and showed them a strong, fleshless face, olive-skinned and deep-eyed, framed in a thick bush of dark hair and beard.

    The Hermit of Eyton Forest Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1987

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.