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
Examples of bleary in a Sentence
She looked at me with bleary eyes.
disoriented, bleary passengers departing from the red-eye
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
These are essentially gothic works, in which bleary, nocturnal isolation opens a door to bizarre impulses and uncanny transformations.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
If earlier iterations of the lesbian vampire film were Gothic and ornate, Nadja is more shoegaze, captured on bleary black-and-white videotape with an expressionistic flair.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Watch enough football and every commercial break becomes an exercise in bleary déjà vu, as the spots that bowed in the first quarter begin repeating on you like so many lager burps.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Bleary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleary. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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bleary
adjective
of the eyes or vision
: dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep
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