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

Example Sentences

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“There is a real deep set commitment,” she said, assuring her audience that statistics show “young men are out-attending young women” and it’s “the widest gender gap in 25 years.”

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Tall and moving like a slight breeze through a window crack, Verzi had deep set eyes and thick brows.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“After a deep set of reviews, we recently decided to consolidate some teams and programs,” Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, wrote in the post.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

Appointed to the Fed in 2014, she brought not only a Harvard economics PhD to the job but a deep set of global contacts as well.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2021

It was a dark red bruise, deep set, like a birthmark.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

deep-set

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