: having the eyes dimmed and watery (as from fatigue, drink, or emotion)

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In a clip on TikTok, a bleary-eyed Greening looked into the camera from her hospital bed. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025 Harrison told the bleary-eyed group that the team’s goal remained the same: Win a championship. C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025 When the credits rolled, David and I held onto each other, bleary-eyed, blindsided. Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 Within minutes, 47 frustrated engineers flood the war room, followed by dozens of emergency calls and bleary-eyed troubleshooting. Karthik Sj, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bleary-eyed

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bleary-eyed was in 1847

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“Bleary-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleary-eyed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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