Definition of "deep-set" [deep-set]

• Deeply set or placed: deep-set eyes. (adjective)
• Deep-seated: deep-set hatred. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Consider the recent uproar over Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother -- the prepublication excerpt alone attracting over 1 million reads and 7,500 comments -- which reveals that Americans may be harboring a deep-set fear of other cultures and countries getting ahead, beating our system, "winning," so to say."
• "During my visit, the city was drenched in seasonal rains, but it bathes year-round in a deep-set shabbiness."
• "The eyes themselves were small, deep-set, and close together."