close-set

Examples

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• Her close-set eyes were always a little bloodshot, and though she didn't much like talking, she never hesitated to make the kind of steady eye contact people found disconcerting.

  Fiction book (2002)

• She had the same forehead, the same low, close-set eyes, the same lips, the same uneven rows of teeth.

  Fiction book (2001)

• But Martin kept his narrow, close-set eyes averted.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Look at those close-set eyes, and that's drool.

  Dead Man on Campus (1998)

• Hazel eyes a little too small, a little too close-set, a mocking twist to his mouth.

  Fiction book (1996)

• His black hair looked dull, and his close-set dark eyes were foggy with fatigue.

  Academic text (1991)

• The tech rep turned, his close-set eyes batting with indecision.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He looked into Mack's close-set eyes and thought of him as a possum, eyes like a possum's and too dumb to do anything but play dead.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The face of the woman I see coming out through those double doors—big jaw, small mouth, big forehead, large, deep, close-set eyes—is much like the one that stares back at me nowadays from the mirror, even if I do sometimes wish I could manage her smile.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The old photograph revealed a young child with close-set eyes that seemed full of curiosity.

Synonyms

C

close

vsclose-set

∞ 1.0

Near in space, time, or degree

refers specifically to bodily features placed with very little space between

C

close together

vsclose-set

58 1.0

Near each other with very little space between them

describes features such as eyes or teeth positioned with little space between

C

close-packed

vsclose-set

1 4.9

Items that have almost no space between them

applies to small body features placed tightly rather than groups of objects

Antonyms

S

spaced

2.6

Placed at regular distances so they are not close together

How Close

close-set

1 5.1

adjacent

100 3.8

spaced

2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology