bleary-eyed
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[edit]bleary-eyed (comparative more bleary-eyed, superlative most bleary-eyed)
- Tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
- Synonyms: bleareyed, bleary
- Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
- 2024 August 7, Paul Bigland, “'3 Peaks by Rail': ain't no mountain high enough”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 51:
- Bleary-eyed walkers prepared their kit for the final mountain, while the onboard crew fed and watered them, boosting people's energy levels for the last challenge.
Translations
[edit]tired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes
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