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Definition of Bleary-eyed
1. Adjective. Tired to the point of exhaustion.
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
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 when—the officials having withdrawn—one of the pugilists lifts up his railway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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