Deep-set

Full definition of deep-set

Adjective

1. Set deeply below a surface, as on a faceHis haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion.
• 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1Deep-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.