hollow-eyed

adjective

Having sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.

“His hollow-eyed visage showed he'd been tortured with fear.”

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deep-eyedsunken-eyedthinlean
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Meanings

adjectivehollow-eyed (comparative more hollow-eyed, superlative most hollow-eyed)

comparative more hollow-eyed · superlative most hollow-eyed

  1. Having sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.

    His hollow-eyed visage showed he'd been tortured with fear.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivecharacteristic of the bony face of a cadaver

Similar
deep-eyedsunken-eyedthinlean
Also see
leansunken-eyedthin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hollow + eyed.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 眼睛凹陷的
  • 眼睛凹陷的 (yǎnjing āoxiàn de)having sunken, dark ringed eyes
Finnish tyhjäkatseinen
  • tyhjäkatseinenhaving sunken, dark ringed eyes
Swedish hålögd
  • hålögdhaving sunken, dark ringed eyes
Cite this entry
APA

hollow-eyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollow-eyed

MLA

“hollow-eyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollow-eyed. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hollow-eyed,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollow-eyed.

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