Bleary (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Tired to the point of exhaustion.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She rubbed her bleary eyes, trying to shake off the fatigue that had been building up all week.
- After a sleepless night, he stumbled out of bed with a bleary expression, desperate for a cup of coffee.
- The bleary faces of the students in the early morning lecture hall were a testament to the late-night studying they had done.
- As she trudged through the airport, her bleary eyes scanned the departures board for her flight number.
- The bleary-eyed driver pulled over to the side of the road, realizing he was too tired to continue driving safely.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The bleary lights of the city blurred together as I gazed out the window.
- The bleary outline of the mountains was barely visible through the thick fog.
- After a late night, the world outside seemed bleary and indistinct.
- The bleary shapes of the people in the background of the photo were almost unrecognizable.
- The bleary view from the car window was a jumble of trees, signs, and road markings all merging together.