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sunken-eyed

/ˈsʌŋ.kən ˌaɪd/

Traduction: Décrit une personne dont les yeux semblent enfoncés dans les orbites, souvent à cause de la fatigue, de la maladie ou de l'âge.

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adjective

/ˈsʌŋ.kən ˌaɪd/C1formal
  • frDécrit une personne dont les yeux semblent enfoncés dans les orbites, souvent à cause de la fatigue, de la maladie ou de l'âge.

Describes a person whose eyes appear deeply set in their sockets, often due to fatigue, illness, or age.

  1. Having deeply recessed eyesC1formal

    Characterized by eyes that appear deeply set in their sockets, often giving a hollow or gaunt appearance to the face.

    fraux yeux enfoncés

    • The patient looked exhausted and sunken-eyed after the long illness.
    • His sunken-eyed appearance was characteristic of the skeletal face of a cadaver.
    • She appeared sunken-eyed from lack of sleep and stress.

    Synonymesdeep-sethollow-eyed

Formes
  • more sunken-eyed comparative form
  • most sunken-eyed superlative form