bleary-eyed
having bleary eyes.
dull of perception; shortsighted.
Origin of bleary-eyed
1- Also blear-eyed [bleer-ahyd] /ˈblɪərˌaɪd/ .
Words Nearby bleary-eyed
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How to use bleary-eyed in a sentence
In the downstairs exhibit hall, attendees of all ages slumped on the white sofas like bleary-eyed rag dolls.
Shots of a bleary-eyed William leaving a London club at the weekend in today's Daily Mail.
The party scene grew and grew, and many a morning session was attended by bleary-eyed veterans of all-night binges.
So bleary-eyed was Ruth by the time she got to work that her bosses let her go after only three months.
I found him first, a little withered, dried-up old fellow, wrinkled-faced and bleary-eyed and tottery.
Before Adam | Jack London
He was a very big, large-boned hound, gray with age and wrinkled and lame, and bleary-eyed.
Tales of lonely trails | Zane GreyBoth boys woke up, stiff and bleary-eyed, as dawn light flooded the hotel.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinI saw a bleary-eyed dope fiend going along the street the other day.
"Say Fellows--" | Wade C. Smith"The others come in around nine," the clerk said, yawning, bleary-eyed.
Take the Reason Prisoner | John Joseph McGuire
British Dictionary definitions for bleary-eyed
with eyes blurred, as with old age or after waking
physically or mentally unperceptive
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