bleary en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbliəɹi/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈbliɾe/ (Scotland)
- /-ɾi/ (Scotland)
- /ˈblɪɹi/ General American, mirror–nearer merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈblɪəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈbliːɾe] (Scotland)
- /ˈblɛːɹi/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
- /ˈblɪːɹɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈblɪɚi/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
- /-ɾɪ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbliɹi/ (US) without the mirror–nearer merger
Etymology
From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear + -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).
Meanings
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Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
bleary eyes
"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."
2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bleariest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| blearier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bleariness · bleary-eyed · blearily
Relateds
Synonyms
forlagen · gassed · shagged out · exhausted · drained · played out · knacked · fried · nadgered · bleary · sleepy · tired · whipped · dog-weary · washed out · weary · shagged · Kerry Packered · buggered · done up · cream crackered · bone-tired · banjaxed · enervated · out of gas · pumped · weariful · weary · heavyeyed · run-down · dog-tired · shattered · tuckered · forfairn · done in · spent · worn · forworn · bleary-eyed · pooped · fagged out · bleary-eyed · dead tired · tuckered out · beat · fucked · jaded · done · whacked · bleareyed · worn out · wrecked · bushed · pooped out · zonked · wappened · exhausted · tired out · bleareyed · knackered · fatigued · busted · jiggered · stuffed · shot · languid
Translations (9)
fr rougi (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · hu fátyolos/homályos (szemű) (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · fr rougi, trouble, larmoyant (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · bg изнемощял (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · pl zmęczony (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · pt exausto (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · ru изнеможённый (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · pl wyczerpany (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion) · fr trouble (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)