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Bleary vs Blears - What's the difference?

bleary | blears |

As an adjective bleary

is tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

As a verb blears is

(blear).

bleary

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

    • See also

    * blear

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    blears

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (blear)

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    blear

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of eyes or vision) dim, unclear from water or rheum.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin.
  • * 1981 , John Gardner, Freddy's Book , Abacus 1982, p. 74:
    • The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren's left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
  • Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
  • * Milton
    • Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion.

    See also

    * bleary

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make blurred or dim, especially the eyes.

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