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

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Behind your curious browsing is one bobbed and bleary-eyed writer searching for the best October Prime Day deals with a ferocity known only to coupon-cutters. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025 His paranoia, played with clumsy charm by a mustachioed and bleary-eyed Leonardo DiCaprio, is half-cocked and somewhat comical. David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025 Colleagues described a popular chaplain with nicknames for the tiny patients and soothing words for their bleary-eyed parents. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025 Just as Manning accelerated his growth through obsessive attention to detail, studying defenses and the sleight of hand of play-action artists like Boomer Esiason, Nix is more than willing to get bleary-eyed in the film room or pick the brain of future Hall of Famer Drew Brees. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 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 20 Oct. 2025.

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