English

Adjective

deep-set ‎(comparative more deep-set, superlative most deep-set)

1. Set deeply below a surface, as on a face

   His haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion.

   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1

     Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.