bleary

English

Etymology

From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear +‎ -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblɪɹi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɪəɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹi

Adjective

bleary (comparative blearier, superlative bleariest)

1. Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

   bleary eyes

   • 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

     "One of them can see you, and one of them can see an empty hallway." Reynders narrowed her bleary eyes — she wasn't wearing her glasses, for some reason — as though momentarily uncertain which sight she was seeing. She apparently decided in favour of their motley group. "I'm the one who can see you. The one who can see you can talk to you. The one who can't talk to you can see you too, sometimes, but she doesn't want to because she knows you're not there. Where she is."

Derived terms

• blearily
• bleariness
• bleary-eyed

 

Translations

Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion

• Bulgarian: изнемощял (bg) (iznemoštjal)
• Hungarian: fátyolos (hu)/homályos (hu) (szemű (hu))
• Polish: wyczerpany (pl) m, zmęczony (pl) m
• Portuguese: exausto (pt) m
• Russian: изнеможённый (iznemožónnyj)

See also

• blear
• blurry

Anagrams

• Barley, Braley, barely, barley, bearly