hollow-eyed
Deeply shadowed sockets
Hollow-eyed describes someone whose eyes appear sunken into their skull, with dark circles or deep shadows around them.
The look suggests exhaustion, illness, grief, or prolonged suffering: The hollow-eyed refugees stumbled off the boat.
It evokes gauntness and weariness—the face of someone who hasn't slept or eaten properly in too long.
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- wastedUsed without good result
- starvedSuffering extreme hunger
bony · pinched · drawn · thin · malnourished · undernourished · famished · shrunken
Drained of energy
- wearyDeeply tired, spent
- drainedEmptied of resources
- worn-outDepleted through overuse
- sleep-deprivedLacking adequate rest
haggard · drawn · spent · sapped · overworked · bleary · bloodshot · baggy
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- deathlikeResembling the deceased
- corpse-likeResembling a dead body
zombie-like · undead · vampiric · wraithlike · apparitional · sepulchral · macabre · skeletal
Severely emotionally distressed
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
- shell-shockedMentally broken by combat
bereaved · mourning · sorrowful · despairing · wretched · haunted · pained · stricken
emaciated
Abnormally wasted from hunger
- skeletalOf or like bones
- cadaverousResembling the deceased
- wastedUsed without good result
starved · bony · pinched · drawn · thin · malnourished · undernourished · famished · shrunken · wizened
fatigued
Drained of energy
sleep-deprived · haggard · drawn · spent · sapped · overworked · bleary · bloodshot · baggy · sunken
spectral
Ghostlike or wavelength-related
corpse-like · zombie-like · undead · vampiric · wraithlike · apparitional · sepulchral · macabre · skeletal · shadowy
anguished
Severely emotionally distressed
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- traumatizedEmotionally damaged by experience
shell-shocked · bereaved · mourning · sorrowful · despairing · wretched · haunted · pained · stricken · devastated
piercing
Penetrating or very sharp
- penetratingPassing into or through
- staringGazing without break
- fixedRestored or immovable
unblinking · watchful · vigilant · intent · burning · fierce · searching · probing · hawkish · keen
hollow-eyedbright-eyed
Alert and enthusiastic
full-faced · fresh-faced · wide-eyed · rosy-cheeked · clear-eyed
hollow, eyesight, eyed, hollows, eyeful, hollowness, hollowing, hollowly, hollower