Definitions

hollow-eyed

[hol-oh-ahyd] / ˈhɒl oʊˌaɪd /

ADJECTIVE

haggard

Synonyms

WEAK

ashen careworn drawn emaciated exhausted faded fagged fatigued fretted gaunt ghastly lank lean pale pallid pinched scraggy scrawny shrunken skinny spare starved thin tired wan wasted weak wearied worn worn-down wrinkled

Example Sentences

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Hollow-eyed and phlegmatic, Mr. Hall channeled outrage with a vocal style that often made it sound as if he were spitting weary invective as much as singing.

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2022

Hollow-eyed, gaunt, gorgeously ravaged – Mourinho was already in the habit of using his increasingly odd post-match press conferences to rail against the moles, traitors, cowards and unworthies inside his own dressing room.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2015

Hollow-eyed, bewildered, unhappy, warned by police not to stir outside lest the sight of him "provoke" angry Viennese, he secluded himself in his archiepiscopal palace near St. Stephen's Cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hollow-eyed and pale, Ossietzky knew that if he got himself imprisoned again, it would be his death.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hollow-eyed women and children, the casualties of a million cruelties, ran after Pennsy’s engines as they sped past.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland