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BLEAR-EYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blear-eyed mean?
• BLEAR-EYED (adjective)
The adjective BLEAR-EYED has 1 sense:
1. tired to the point of exhaustion
Familiarity information: BLEAR-EYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tired to the point of exhaustion
Synonyms:
blear; blear-eyed; bleary; bleary-eyed
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
Context examples
Now the woman coughs, and lies still in the snow until the fit has passed, when she crawls on again. Now the man looks ahead, and he is blear-eyed as with old age and must rub his eyes so that he can see the stranger-man. And now the stranger-man looks back over his shoulder.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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