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undereye

  • a word derived from eye.
    eye
    noun
    the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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I don’t remember him with such deeply set undereye circles and massive pores.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Staring into a phone camera, preening to check our makeup or undereye circles, gives us a hyperreal mirror, but this, too, is distorted and reversed.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

Chaney’s raspy voice, dark undereye circles and perpetually loosened tie projected the image of someone who’d endured a long day at the office.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2021

You’ll need: A loosely knotted tie, undereye bags shaped like Bud Selig, feigned outrage.

From Newsweek ● Oct. 25, 2011

I’ll make a mental note to start using an undereye cream.

From Newsweek ● Oct. 11, 2011