1
as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
disoriented, bleary passengers departing from the red-eye
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2
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
the bleary outline of a fishing boat could just be seen through the fog
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Recent Examples of bleary
Weinstein often looked haggard and out of it — unshaven, mouth ajar, eyes bleary.
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Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The mere sight of your newborn—through bleary, tired eyes—can muster feelings of wonder and awe.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Laugh Lines: For Movie Buffs P.S. Feeling a little bleary today?
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Underneath my soaked baseball cap, my eyes are dark and bleary, my face stubbled and worn.
—Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Phoebe Eaton, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The mere sight of your newborn—through bleary, tired eyes—can muster feelings of wonder and awe.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Laugh Lines: For Movie Buffs P.S. Feeling a little bleary today?
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Underneath my soaked baseball cap, my eyes are dark and bleary, my face stubbled and worn.
—Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleary
Adjective
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The tired belief that Republicans are better at handling the economy simply isn’t true.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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The law is vague and broad and included no room for considering the literary merit of the work, and so the result was a wave of book bans across the state.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Ortega’s hair extensions were removed and her eye makeup was toned-down, which gave way to her effortlessly exhausted countenance.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The show can be exceedingly gory — there’s a scene of exacting, exhausted revenge that comes at the hands of a rare woman warrior — but I was taken with some of the more theatrical details around these moments of violence, including the exchange of insults that precede the final battle.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There have been studies done that show some randomness to red-zone success — or that year-to-year correlation is pretty faint.—
Sam McDowell
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
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Monday's haze, while less dramatic, still obscured visibility and left a faint scent of smoke lingering in the air.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Many senior party and military leaders, weary after years of a punishing civil war, were reluctant to go up against the strongest force in the world.—
M. Taylor Fravel,
Foreign Affairs,
18 July 2025
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There’s no rest for the weary — or in this case, the Florida Panthers.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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The near-surface smoke could dissipate by then, while the sky might still be hazy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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That memory was hazy, half-lost–until a family photo album resurfaced decades later.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Bleary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleary. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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