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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: bleary, blear, bleary-eyed, blear-eyed]
2: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. of the eyes or vision dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep 2. poorly outlined or defined ; dim <a bleary view> 3. very tired <bleary travelers> • blearily adverb • bleariness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (blearier, bleariest) 1 (of the eyes or mind) dim; blurred. 2 indistinct. Phrases and idioms: bleary-eyed having dim sight or wits. Derivatives: blearily adv. bleariness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bleary Blear"y, a. Somewhat blear.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If your eyes are bleary, they look dull or tired, as if you have not had enough sleep or have drunk too much alcohol. I arrived bleary-eyed and rumpled... He stared at Leo with great bleary eyes. ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

all in, blear, bleared, blurred, blurry, confused, dark, depleted, dim, drained, exhausted, faint, far-gone, feeble, filmy, foggy, fuzzy, half-seen, half-visible, hazy, ill-defined, inconspicuous, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, low-profile, merely glimpsed, misty, obscure, out of focus, pale, semivisible, shadowy, spent, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undetermined, unplain, unrecognizable, used up, vague, washed-out, weak, worn-out