bleareyed

English

Alternative forms

• blear-eyed
• bleary-eyed

Etymology

From Middle English blereyȝed, blere iȝed, bler-yed, equivalent to blear +‎ eyed. Cognate with Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”).

Adjective

bleareyed (comparative more bleareyed, superlative most bleareyed)

1. Having dim or rheumy eyes.

   Synonyms: bleary, bleary-eyed

   Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

Derived terms

• bleareyedness

 

Translations

having rheumy eyes

• Macedonian: гурелав (gurelav)
• Maori: mata renga