bleary

blear·y

 (blîr′ē)

adj. blear·i·er, blear·i·est

1. Watery, filmy, or unable to see clearly: bleary eyes.

2. Tired, disoriented, or bleary-eyed: He shuffled around the kitchen, bleary with sleep.

3. Vaguely outlined; indistinct: "The Palisades are wan and bleary with heat" (Clement Greenberg).

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blear′i·ly adv.

blear′i·ness n.

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bleary

(ˈblɪərɪ)

adj, blearier or bleariest

1. Also : bleared (of eyes or vision) dimmed or blurred, as by tears or tiredness

2. indistinct or unclear

3. exhausted; tired

ˈblearily adv

ˈbleariness n

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blear•y

(ˈblɪər i)

adj. blear•i•er, blear•i•est.

1. (of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.

2. indistinct; unclear: a bleary view of the horizon.

3. fatigued; worn-out.

[1350–1400]

blear′i•ly, adv.

blear′i•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bleary - tired to the point of exhaustion   blear, blear-eyed, bleary-eyed tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	2.	bleary - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" blurred, blurry, muzzy, foggy, fuzzy, hazy indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

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bleary

adjective dim, blurred, fogged, murky, fuzzy, watery, misty, hazy, foggy, blurry, ill-defined, indistinct, rheumy Mona smiled at her through bleary eyes.

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bleary

adjective

1. Extremely tired:

dead, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out.

Informal: beat, bushed, tuckered (out).

Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).

Idioms: all in, ready to drop.

2. Not clearly perceived or perceptible:

blear, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague.

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Translations

cisposo

bleary

[ˈblɪərɪ] ADJ (blearier (compar) (bleariest (superl))) (with tears, sleep) → lloroso; (= tired) → agotado

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bleary

[ˈblɪəri] adj [eyes] → troublebleary-eyed [ˌblɪəriˈaɪd] adj → aux yeux troubles

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bleary

adj (+er)

eyes → trübe; (after sleep) → verschlafen

(= blurred) → verschwommen

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bleary

[ˈblɪərɪ] adj (eyes) → appannato/a

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