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adjective

bleary-eyed adj.

Having eyes sore or unfocused, due to weariness or excessive drinking; same as blear-eyed 1.

Synonyms: blear, bleary.

Same as teary. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Bleary-eyed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bleary-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books

... the day after her arrival. One feels that she ought to be sticking round, ministering to her husband, conferring with the cook, feeding the cat, combing and brushing the Pomeranian—in a word, staying put. I was more than a little bleary-eyed, but I endeavoured, as far as the fact that my eyelids were more or less glued together would permit, to give her ...

— Right Ho, Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse

... his feet There was a group of dirty, bleary-eyed breeds and Indians standing within the doorway. One or two who had known him before looked on sulkily and silently, for they knew that while he was a man whose hand was iron and whose will was indomitable in the carrying out of the law, he had ever a kindly word and a helping ...

— The Rising of the Red Man - A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion • John Mackie

Words linked to "Bleary-eyed" : blear-eyed, blear