A Promontory Wen, with grieſly grace, Stood high, upon the Handle of his Face: His blear Eyes ran in gutters to his Chin: His Beard was stubble, and his Cheeks were thin.
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Blear
//blɪə//
Synonyms for "blear" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- замъглен adj (dim)
- неясен adj (dim)
- замъглявам verb (make blurred or dim)
Māori
1 entries- whakamakaro verb (make blurred or dim)
Polish
3 entries- kaprawy adj (dim)
- mętny adj (dim)
- zamglić verb (make blurred or dim)
Russian
1 entries- затума́нивать verb (make blurred or dim)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren’s left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
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Thus I hurle My dazling spells into the ſpungie aire Of power to cheate the eye with bleare illuſion, And give it falſe preſentments, […]
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18th c., attributed to Jonathan Swift, “The Story of Orpheus, Burlesqued,” in Walter Scott (ed.), The Works of Jonathan Swift, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 2nd edition, 1883, Volume 10, p. 403, Orpheus, a one-eyed blearing Thracian, The crowder of that barb’rous nation, Was ballad-singer by vocation;
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