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Meaning of "hollow-eyed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLLOW-EYED

hollow-eyed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLLOW-EYED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hollow-Eyed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOLLOW-EYED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hollow-eyed in the English dictionary

The definition of hollow-eyed in the dictionary is with the eyes appearing to be sunk into the face, as from excessive fatigue.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLLOW-EYED

holler
hollies
Holliger
hollo
holloa
hollow
hollow-back
hollow-cheeked
holloware
hollowly
hollowness
hollowware
holly
holly berry
holly oak
hollyhock

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLLOW-EYED

bleary-eyed
blue-eyed
bright-eyed
bug-eyed
clear-eyed
cross-eyed
eagle-eyed
eyed
four-eyed
glassy-eyed
green-eyed
misty-eyed
one-eyed
open-eyed
red-eyed
sad-eyed
sharp-eyed
slant-eyed
starry-eyed
wide-eyed
wild-eyed

Synonyms and antonyms of hollow-eyed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hollow-eyed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLLOW-EYED

Find out the translation of hollow-eyed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hollow-eyed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hollow-eyed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空心眼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ojos hundidos
570 millions of speakers

English

hollow-eyed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोखले आंखों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جوفاء العينين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полый глазами
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de olhos fundos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোটরগত নেত্রবিশিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aux yeux creux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berongga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hohläugig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中空目
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중공 눈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kothong-eyed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rỗng mắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளீடற்ற மாறுகண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोकळ असणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çukur gözlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hollow - eyed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapadniętych oczach
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порожнистий очима
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gol - ochi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κούφια - eyed
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hologig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålögd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

huløyde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hollow-eyed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLLOW-EYED»

The term «hollow-eyed» is normally little used and occupies the 130.422 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLLOW-EYED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hollow-eyed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hollow-eyed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hollow-eyed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLLOW-EYED»

Discover the use of hollow-eyed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hollow-eyed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hollow-Eyed Mary OGN
Based on the bestselling novel by Andre Duza!
Andre Duza, 2009
2
The Hollow-Eyed Angel
Like its 12 predecessors, this is a Zen mystery, and simple questions of guilt and innocence sometimes take a back seat to deeper philosophical musings.
Janwillem Van De Wetering, 2003
3
An Introduction to Transformational Grammar
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz, who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and saw Mohammedan ...
Diane Bornstein, 1977
4
Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Thundery, libelous heartthrobs owe. Thundery bellower about horseshit. Writable heroes both thunderously. Yo-ho-ho! The braw, insulted blusterer. The blow out disheartens burly hero. Hollow-eyed, shabbier hunt tortures. Is hollow-eyed, hot,  ...
J. Smith
5
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
The last time I saw him alive, he was hollow-eyed, gaunt and utterly depressed, huddled in the vegetation close to where Flo had died. Of course, we tried to help him. I had to leave Gombe soon after Flo's death, but one or other of the students  ...
Jane Goodall, 2000
6
Miss Mc Allister's Ghost (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
You can't imagine how strange it is to realise that there is no one left living who knew you,' said Miss McAllister.
Elizabeth Fensham, 2009
7
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
Experient: unexperient. Explicable: inexplicable. Explication: self-explication. Expressive: unexpressive. Eye: after-eye; blue-eyed; dark-eyed; dizzy-eyed; dull- eyed; evil-eyed; fire-eyed; green-eyed; greyeyed; hollow-eyed; o'ereye; ...
Alexander Schmidt, Gregor Sarrazin, 1971
8
The Hellenistic Aesthetic
Demosthenes, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen On the cup the men, long hollow-eyed from love (vn' epwxog 6r|Oa KuXoi6iocovxeg 37-38), labor in vain. Eros, personified or not, is a powerful force in Hellenistic poetry and art, and here  ...
Barbara Hughes Fowler, 1989
9
Welsh and English Dictionary: Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saeseneg, Etc
... a. keen-eyed, sharp-eyed Llygadog, a. having an eye Llygadol.a. helonging to the eyes Llygadronca, a. hollow-eyed Llygadrndd, a. having a red eye Llygadrydd, a. loose-eyed ; felonions Llygadrythiad, s. m. a staring Lly<i-iii, ytlm, v . to stare, ...
William Richards, 1832
10
They Go to Sea: The Story of an American Merchant Ship and ...
The men—every single one of them—were hollow-eyed with lack of sleep from the previous month and a half's labors of attacking merchant ships—having sunk four during their last attack on a convoy. Stress and fear showed in their eyes.
David Arturi, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLLOW-EYED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hollow-eyed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Your Inner Tyrant - In These Times
... the gleeful guards were abusing their authority in shocking ways and the hollow-eyed prisoners were enduring it with zombie-like passivity. «In These Times, Jul 15»
2
What is depression? You asked Google – here's the answer | David …
According to 17th century scholar Robert Burton, Hippocrates reckoned that the outward signs of melancholy included looking “hollow-eyed ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
True Detective, Down Will Come, series 2, episode 4, review: 'a slog'
Unhappy gangster Frank Semyon – a hollow-eyed Vince Vaughn – meanwhile ratcheted up his campaign to reclaim the seedy empire he'd ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Self/Less movie agrees with film history: immortality is a drag
And none of them look too cheery about it, carrying in their wake a sulphurous whiff of hollow-eyed misery at the cruelty of their fates. The logic ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Sundays are just so boring. And long may they remain so
At what point, I wonder, will their nonchalance shade into hollow-eyed panic at what it is that we are saying goodbye to for ever? Everyone feels ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Series 9 Comic-Con Trailer Breakdown
Guest star Colin McFarlane, who is playing one of these creepy hollow-eyed monsters in Whithouse's two-parter. The same eyes we saw ... «Doctor Who TV, Jul 15»
7
'Amy' a devastatingly sad look at the life of Amy Winehouse
She's gaunt, hollow-eyed, a wreck; one of the most famous people on the planet when the photos were taken, she seems almost existentially ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
8
The Fire This Time: Why a New Police Chief Won't Save Baltimore
Don't be mistaken: I have known fear — the paralyzing, bone chilling numbness that takes over you when a hollow-eyed man-child points a ... «Blue Nation Review, Jul 15»
9
It's All Good
... fathers coming staggering from the graveyard—hollow-eyed and terrible, their blue coats wormy, musket-barrels dirt-packed—and starting up ... «Ukiah Daily Journal, Jul 15»
10
10 stupidest Fourth of July traditions
... of steaming, belching, earth-destroying machines roll down main street past the empty store fronts and hollow-eyed faces of the spectators? «Lightly Buzzed, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hollow-Eyed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hollow-eyed>. May 2024 ».
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