bleary
/ˈblɪəri
/adjective (blearier, bleariest)
(Of the eyes) looking or feeling dull and unfocused from sleep or tiredness: Boris opened a bleary eye bleary-eyed business travellers...
- You turn over in your half-sleep and try to read the numbers, but they blur before your bleary eyes.
- The rocking of the rickety, old train and the whoosh and whir of the wheels teased our weary bodies and bleary eyes.
- Ronald's bleary eyes widened in surprise when he saw his 15 year old son standing in front of him.
Synonyms
blurred, blurry, unfocused;
fogged, clouded, cloudy, dim, dull, filmy;
muzzy, tired;
moist, misty, watery, rheumy
archaic blear
Derivatives
blearily
/ adverb ...- Just as I was preparing to make another batch of fruit scones, Ross, one of my co-workers, wandered into the kitchen blearily looking for coffee.
- I fumbled around in the dark for some of last night's pants to put on, and stumbled blearily out of the bedroom into the harsh morning light.
- And every year they wake up at 6.00 am and pretty soon they're dragging me blearily down onto the sofa to open presents.
bleariness
- As I gaped at him in post-sleep bleariness, I realised with a little shock that I had been sleeping with my head on his shoulder.
- I watched as his eyes fell shut of their own accord, watched as his breathing slowed, and watched as his eyes snapped open again, blinking away their bleariness in confusion.
- Slowly, I opened my eyes, rubbing the bleariness out of them as I sat up.