Antonyms for deep set
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : deep-set |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdipˈsɛt |
Definition of deep set
- As in cavernous : adj hollow and large
- As in hollow : adj empty, hollowed out
- They were so deep set, as if in dark caverns, and so unnaturally large.
- Extract from : « Jarwin and Cuffy » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Then came a pink flush, and deep set in this was the morning star.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Sea » by Edward A. Rand
- It was by chance that, in a deep set window, he found her for whom he was searching.
- Extract from : « The Outlaw of Torn » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The hair is black and straight, and the eyes are black and deep set.
- Extract from : « Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity » by Galen Clark
- His eyes were black like polished jet, sparkling and deep set.
- Extract from : « Young Lion of the Woods » by Thomas Barlow Smith
- It had deep set eyes, greatly protruding mouth with gaping lips, huge ears and general "ape-like aspect."
- Extract from : « The Other Side of Evolution » by Alexander Patterson
- "Look out, I say," and she nodded towards the window, deep set in the thick wall.
- Extract from : « J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- The deep–set eye of the horse–dealer gleamed with pleasure as he fixed it on the welcome bale, and heard these words.
- Extract from : « The Prairie-Bird » by Charles Augustus Murray
- Coughlin's gaze never left his accuser, but his face flushed and his deep set eyes blazed.
- Extract from : « The Crime of the Century » by Henry M. Hunt
- I looked once or twice half expecting those eyes 'deep set in crimson shadow' to fill with tears.
- Extract from : « Confessions of a Young Man » by George Moore
Synonyms for deep set
- alveolate
- arched
- broad
- carved out
- cavernous
- chambered
- chasmal
- cleft
- commodious
- concave
- cup-shaped
- cupped
- curved
- curved inward
- deep
- deep-set
- depressed
- dimpled
- echoing
- excavated
- gaping
- huge
- incurved
- indented
- infundibular
- not solid
- notched
- pitted
- resonant
- reverberant
- roomy
- sepulchral
- socketed
- spacious
- striated
- sunken
- troughlike
- unfilled
- vacant
- vast
- vaulted
- void
- wide
- yawning
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