hollow-eyed

Examples

• All

• His hollow-eyed expression revealed the toll of his illness.

• The people here have that hollow-eyed, listless look about them.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The hollow-eyed faces in the roots would watch us climb together.

  Fiction book (2001)

• His face, hollow-eyed and gaunt, spoke of hard times.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Like war, it left us hollow-eyed and empty, bereft of spirit.

  Fiction book (2001)

• In the morning, he was desolate, hollow-eyed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Lotte sits across from him, looking nervous and hollow-eyed.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The footman at the door was hollow-eyed and shivering.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Scarlett became hollow-eyed and pale from fatigue.

  Fiction book (1991)

• On every corner, hollow-eyed children begged for coins or food from the "reech Yan-kees."

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

G

glassy

vshollow-eyed

10 4.8

Eyes that look dull and show no feeling

describes physical depth and a suffering look instead of dullness

B

bleary-eyed

vshollow-eyed

5 5.3

Having eyes that look tired from not enough sleep

focuses on physical eye depth and illness rather than just tiredness

D

deep-set

vshollow-eyed

4 4.5

Eyes or parts of the face that are set far back and look sunken

names the same placement but with another common expression

S

sleepy-eyed

vshollow-eyed

1 4.0

Having eyes that look tired and like you want to close them

indicates tired or ill appearance due to recessed eye look

S

sunken-eyed

vshollow-eyed

7.2

Eyes that look deep and hollow because someone is sick or very tired

has the same meaning but is a different word form

D

deep-eyed

vshollow-eyed

7.5

Eyes that are set deep in the face and look sunken

uses the same physical focus but in a different phrasing

B

blear-eyed

vshollow-eyed

9.1

Eyes that look tired and blurred from lack of sleep

highlights eye depth and a sick look rather than blurring

D

drawn

vshollow-eyed

4.9

A face that looks tired, pale, and worried

concentrates specifically on eye depth and a sick appearance

D

droppy

vshollow-eyed

• UK

7.4

A person or animal with a face that looks sad and tired

focuses on eye recession and a look of illness rather than drooping

How Sunken

gaunt

9 7.3

hollow-eyed

1 7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology