blear

¹blear

verb \ˈblir\

Definition of BLEAR

transitive verb

1

: to make (the eyes) sore or watery

2

: dim, blur

Examples of BLEAR

1. <her image was bleared, as if I were staring at it through a watery lens>

Origin of BLEAR

Middle English bleren, probably from Old English *blerian; akin to Low German bleer-oged bleary-eyed

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to BLEAR

Synonyms: becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, cloud, blur, darken, dim, dislimn, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud

Antonyms: brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten

Related Words: adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shade; camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil

Near Antonyms: expose, reveal, uncover, unveil

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Rhymes with BLEAR

beer, bier, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year