Definition of Bleary-eyed

1. Adjective. Tired to the point of exhaustion.

Exact synonyms: Blear, Blear-eyed, Bleary
Similar to: Tired

Definition of Bleary-eyed

1. Adjective. Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleary-eyed

blearedness
blearer
blearest
bleareye
bleareyed
bleareyedness
bleargh
blearier
bleariest
blearily
bleariness
blearinesses
blearing
blears
bleary
bleary-eyed (current term)
bleary eye
bleasdaleite
bleat
bleated
bleater
bleaters
bleating
bleatings
bleats
bleaty
bleb
blebbed
blebbier

Literary usage of Bleary-eyed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Street Verse: 80 New Poems for Befuddled Investors by Michael Silverstein (2003)
"... Tne Bleary Eyed To keep young folks from burning out too quick, We'll bind them to their tasks with little lies; The Market cannot spare their bodies or ..."

2. The business of pleasure by Edmund Hodgson Yates (1879)
"... when—the officials having withdrawn—one of the pugilists lifts up his railway rug, and the bleary-eyed little man creeps out from underneath the seat! ..."

3. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"They held carouse in every boozing ken, slatternly, unkempt, bleary-eyed, and tousled, leering and gibbering, overspilling with foulness and corruption, ..."

4. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest by Upton Sinclair (1915)
"They held carouse in every boozing den, slatternly, unkempt, bleary-eyed, and tousled, leering and gibbering, overspilling with foulness and corruption, ..."

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