Bleary

/ˈblɪəɹi/

Synonyms for "bleary" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Adjective(6 words)

blurred blurry hazy blear blear-eyed bleary-eyed

all inblear bleared blurred blurry confused dark

Strong matches (19)

depleted dim drained effete exhausted faintfar gonefar-gone feeble filmy foggy fuzzy half-seen half-visible hazy

Adjective(4 words)

drowsy fatigued foggy fuzzy

Related words (31)

ill-defined inconspicuous indefinite indistinct indistinguishablelow profilelow-profilemerely glimpsedmisty obscureout of focuspale semivisible shadowy spent uncertain unclear undefined undetermined unplain

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unrecognizableused upvaguewashed outwashed-out weak worn-out

Adjective(4 words)

muzzy tired unfocused weary

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

cognitive statemental stateperceptual qualityvisual quality

More specific

4 entries

bleary gazebleary stareblurred visionunfocused gaze

Collocations

4 entries

bleary eyesbleary gazebleary starebleary vision

Inflections

2 entries

blearier bleariest

Derivations

2 entries

blearily bleariness

similar

2 entries

indistinct tired

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I have bleary eyes.

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He looked at her with bleary eyes.

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

Source: wiktionary

bleary eyes

Source: wiktionary

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