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Definitions

deep-set

[deep-set] / ˈdipˈsɛt /
ADJECTIVE
cavernous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gaping huge roomy spacious vast yawning
WEAK
alveolate broad chambered chasmal commodious concave curved inward deep echoing resonant reverberant sepulchral socketed sunken wide
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cramped little narrow small
WEAK
filled
ADJECTIVE
hollow
Synonyms
STRONG
arched cleft cupped curved depressed dimpled excavated indented notched pitted striated sunken vaulted void
WEAK
alveolate carved out cavernous concave cup-shaped incurved infundibular not solid troughlike unfilled vacant
Antonyms
WEAK
convex earnest frank full genuine high honest light meaningful raised real sincere soft solid substantial truthful

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His partnership with Crawley added 47, the third-wicket pair astutely taking the singles allowed by a deep-set Australian field.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

In one photo, Reba is wearing a black button-down, her salt and pepper hair cropped short above her deep-set eyes.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024

In one photo, Reba is wearing a black button down, her salt and pepper hair cropped short above her deep-set eyes.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

He has a big flaring dolphin fin of a nose; small, deep-set eyes that sit in little pools of shade; a warm, gaptoothed smile.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

He was slight of build, about five feet ten inches tall, with dark hair and deep-set brown eyes.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals