bleareyed
English
Alternative forms
- blear-eyed
- bleary-eyed
Etymology
From Middle English blereyȝed, blere iȝed, bler-yed, equivalent to blear + eyed. Cognate with Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”).
Adjective
bleareyed (comparative more bleareyed, superlative most bleareyed)
- Having dim or rheumy eyes.
- Synonyms: bleary, bleary-eyed
- Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
Derived terms
Translations
having rheumy eyes
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