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adjective /ˈblɪə.ri/
/ˈblɪr.i/ Definition
› If you have bleary eyes, your eyes are red or have tears in them and you cannot see clearly, because you are tired or have just woken up: to be bleary-eyedTired and making tired blearily /ˈblɪə.rɪ.li/
/ˈblɪr.ɪ-/ adverb › Carl stared blearily (= in a very tired way) at the newspaper.Tired and making tired
/ˈblɪr.ɪ-/ adverb › Carl stared blearily (= in a very tired way) at the newspaper.Tired and making tired(Definition of bleary adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- burn-out noun
- comatose adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- have shot your bolt idiom
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- stupefy verb (TIRE)
- whacked adjective
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