bleary
/ˈblɪəɹi/
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British/ˈblɪːɹɪj/
bleary adjective: tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
Adjective
bleary (comparative blearier, superlative bleariest)
- Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
- Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
- bleary eyes
- Synonyms:
- bleareyed, bleary-eyed, exhausted, weary, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained
bleary meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
bleary in Malayalam
- blurry, blurred, unfocused
- ചടവുള്ള, മങ്ങിയ, അവ്യക്തമായ, വ്യക്തതയില്ലാത്ത, കേന്ദ്രീകൃത ദൃഷ്ടിയല്ലാത്ത, മൂടലുള്ള
bleary in Kannada
- ಮಂಜಾದ, ಮಬ್ಬಾದ, ಮಸುಕಾದ, ಮ್ಲಾನವಾದ, ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ, ಅಸ್ಫುಟ
Synonyms of bleary
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Forms of bleary
| comparative | blearier |
|---|---|
| superlative | bleariest |
Origin of bleary
From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear + -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).
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Questions about bleary
- What does bleary mean?
- Bleary means tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
- What is bleary in Malayalam?
- Bleary in Malayalam is ചടവുള്ള, മങ്ങിയ, അവ്യക്തമായ. See Bleary meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is bleary?
- Bleary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bleary?
- Bleary is pronounced /ˈblɪəɹi/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bleary (page history and authors); bleary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bleary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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