bleary-eyed

[ bleer-ee-ahyd ]

adjective
  1. having bleary eyes.

  2. dull of perception; shortsighted.

Origin of bleary-eyed

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
  • Also blear-eyed [bleer-ahyd] /ˈblɪərˌaɪd/ .

Words Nearby bleary-eyed

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How to use bleary-eyed in a sentence

  • He was a very big, large-boned hound, gray with age and wrinkled and lame, and bleary-eyed.

  • Both boys woke up, stiff and bleary-eyed, as dawn light flooded the hotel.

    The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • I saw a bleary-eyed dope fiend going along the street the other day.

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  • "The others come in around nine," the clerk said, yawning, bleary-eyed.

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British Dictionary definitions for bleary-eyed

bleary-eyed

adjective
  1. with eyes blurred, as with old age or after waking

  2. physically or mentally unperceptive

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