deep-set
Speech parts
1. deep-set - Adjective
2. deep-set - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
having a sunken area
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
hunger gave their faces a sunken look
In real life, my father is tall and his eyes are pale blue, deep-set in a way that betrays an old sadness.
In repose, the expression on its face is serene enough to be unsettling—perhaps because of its deep-set black eyes; its thin, pursed lips, ever so slightly upturned at the corners; and its gentle, barely perceptible brow.
Our captain was a short and wiry man, roughly 70 years old, with deep-set eyes and skin weathered like an elephant.
One of the primary obstacles to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is a deep-set and growing distrust between its participants.
The eyes are small and deep-set, and the ears long and broad.