Bleary

//ˈblɪəɹi//

Synonyms for "bleary" (119 found)

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Closest matches (24)

indistinct all in blear bleared bleary eyed blurred blurry confused dark

Adjective(10 words)

banjaxed beat bleareyed bleary-eyed bone-tired buggered bushed busted cream crackered dead tired

Adjective(5 words)

blear blear-eyed bleary-eyed blurred blurry

Strong matches (36)

depleted dim drained effete exhausted faint far gone far-gone feeble filmy foggy fuzzy half-seen half-visible hazy ill-defined

Adjective(17 words)

dog-tired dog-weary done done in done up drained enervated exhausted fagged out fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn fried fucked gassed heavyeyed

Adjective(3 words)

foggy fuzzy hazy

Related words (59)

inconspicuous indefinite indistinguishable low profile low-profile merely glimpsed misty obscure out of focus pale semivisible shadowy spent uncertain unclear undefined undetermined unplain unrecognizable used up

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vague washed-out weak worn-out

Adjective(34 words)

jaded jiggered kerry packered knacked knackered languid nadgered out of gas played out pooped pooped out pumped run-down shagged shagged out shattered shot sleepy spent stuffed

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tired tired out tuckered tuckered out wappened washed out weariful weary whacked whipped worn worn out wrecked zonked

Adjective(1 words)

muzzy

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

bleary eyed

Related terms

2 entries

blear blurry

derived

3 entries

blearily bleariness bleary-eyed

derived from

1 entries

blear

related to

6 entries

blear blurry dull exhaustion sense tired

similar

3 entries

indistinct tired

Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

изнемощял adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)

Hungarian

1 entries

fátyolos/homályos (szemű) adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)

Polish

2 entries

wyczerpany adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)
zmęczony adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)

Portuguese

1 entries

exausto adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)

Russian

1 entries

изнеможённый adj (Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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I have bleary eyes.

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He looked at her with bleary eyes.

Source: tatoeba (1013935)

Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

Source: wiktionary

bleary eyes

Source: wiktionary

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