Definition of Hollow-eyed

1. Adjective. Characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.

Exact synonyms: Deep-eyed, Sunken-eyed
Similar to: Lean, Thin

Definition of Hollow-eyed

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollow-eyed

hollo
holloa
holloaed
holloaing
holloas
holloed
holloes
holloing
holloo
hollooed
hollooing
holloos
hollos
hollow
hollow-back
hollow-eyed (current term)
hollow-hearted
hollow-horned
hollow back
hollow bone
hollow fibre reactor
hollow leg
hollow legs
hollow out
hollow point
hollow rail
hollow rails
hollow victories
hollow victory
hollow wall

Literary usage of Hollow-eyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis (1902)
"He neglected his other business; one by one his children died, his wife, hollow-eyed and wan from want of proper food, pleaded with VASE. ..."

2. Mary Brandegee: An Autobiography by Ellen Peck (1865)
"I never knew her look worse, and she has grown hollow-eyed and sallow sitting up so late with Hunter; and such a masculine voice, — so disagreeable, ..."

3. An American Text-book of Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat by Burton Alexander Randall, George Edmund DeSchweinitz (1901)
"... of such change being familiar in the sunken or " hollow-eyed" appearance following illness or conditions favorable to the absorption of adipose tissue. ..."

4. A dictionary of quotations from the English poets by Henry George Bohn (1881)
"... and a fortune-teller; A living dead man. ti/i. Com. Er. v. 1. A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, Had wander'd long, and the sun's ..."

5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"... Lean he was, hollow-eyed, aw all report. Few men were more belov'd than was this Knol, And stoop he did too ; yet in all the court, Whose merry prate ..."

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