Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. With eyes blurred or reddened, as from exhaustion or lack of sleep.
- adj. Dull of mind or perception.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. having eyes sore or unfocused, due to weariness or excessive drinking; same as blear-eyed{1}.
- adj. rare same as teary.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. tired to the point of exhaustion
Examples
“We didn't find out until 2 1/2 or 3 hours later what was going on," said Katya Funk, 18, a bleary-eyed freshman in a sweatsuit.”
The Washington Post: Police: Drug lab found at Georgetown University
“Late bedtimes and an 8am or 9am start mean many workers reach the office already bleary-eyed.”
“Lauded at Sundance, where its leads Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman and director won prizes, it's a brutal character study that takes a bleary-eyed look at the notion of redemption.”
“To the shock of France, he was booked and walked the following day from a Harlem police station before a bevy of international photographers — handcuffed, rumpled and bleary-eyed.”
USA Today: French Socialists hope for Strauss-Kahn candidacy
“The door opened and closed, the bell rang, and footsteps - their sound a dry shuffle - approached the counter behind which Orphan sat, bleary-eyed and untidy, a mug of coffee (the largest that was available) and the morning paper resting by his side.”
“Call it the real night shift - that noctural period when bleary-eyed adults leave warm beds to tend to the needs of sick kids, elderly parents, an ailing spouse or incontinent pet.”
“Brown The Washington Post Call it the real night shift - that noctural period when bleary-eyed adults leave warm beds to tend...”
“We surrender ourselves bleary-eyed and obsessively into the Google-clicking trance -- we descend deeply into the labyrinth of links within links within links -- and for this?”
The Huffington Post: Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: In a Google World, Do You Have the 'Right to Be Forgotten'?
“We dressed quickly and raced across campus with all the other clumps of confused, bleary-eyed students.”
“Beside him, Cat swayed bleary-eyed and silent in the saddle.”
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anatomopeia
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slumry yup, that would be me. Jun 19, 2007