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bleary-eyed

bleary-eyed adjective: tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.

Adjective

bleary-eyed (comparative more bleary-eyed, superlative most bleary-eyed)

  1. Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
    • Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
    • Bleary-eyed walkers prepared their kit for the final mountain, while the onboard crew fed and watered them, boosting people's energy levels for the last challenge.2024 August 7, Paul Bigland, “'3 Peaks by Rail': ain't no mountain high enough”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 51

Synonyms of bleary-eyed

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Forms of bleary-eyed

comparativemore bleary-eyed
superlativemost bleary-eyed
alternative formbleareyed

Origin of bleary-eyed

From bleary + eyed.

Questions about bleary-eyed

What does bleary-eyed mean?
Bleary-eyed means tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
What part of speech is bleary-eyed?
Bleary-eyed is an adjective.

Words near bleary-eyed in the dictionary

  1. bleariness
  2. blearing
  3. blearness
  4. blears
  5. bleary
  6. bleary-eyed
  7. Bleas
  8. Bleasdale
  9. bleasdaleite
  10. Blease
  11. Bleaseite

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