Projecting and Sunken

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Projecting adjective - Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.

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Sunken is an antonym for projecting.

Sunken adjective - Curved inward.

Usage example: our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking

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Projecting is an antonym for sunken.

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