bleary

bleary — adjective

1. describing eyes that look red, watery, and unfocused — the way a person's eyes a

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describing eyes that look red, watery, and unfocused — the way a person's eyes appear after very little sleep or right after waking up.

例句

Marcus rubbed his bleary eyes and reached for the morning coffee.

bleary + eyes after waking up

The night nurse stared at the screen with bleary eyes after her twelve-hour shift.

bleary eyes from fatigue and overwork

同義詞
  • bleary-eyed

    compound form used to describe the whole person, not just the eyes

  • blurry

    general lack of sharpness in vision or images, not tied to tiredness

  • watery

    highlights tears in the eyes but not necessarily fatigue

  • groggy

    describes a foggy, slow feeling after sleep, covering the whole body, not just the eyes

反義詞
  • clear

    of vision or eyes, the opposite of unfocused

  • alert

    of a person, the opposite of sleepy and unfocused

文法句型

bleary + eyes

bleary-eyed (compound adjective)

用法筆記

Almost always paired with 'eyes' or used as the compound 'bleary-eyed'. The word describes how the eyes look from outside, plus the foggy vision the tired person feels. It is rarely used to describe other body parts or non-eye objects.

常見錯誤

❌I felt bleary after work.
✅I felt bleary-eyed after work.
💡'bleary' on its own normally needs 'eyes' as the noun; for a person, use 'bleary-eyed'.
❌The window looked bleary in the rain.
✅The window looked blurry in the rain.
💡for fuzzy outlines of objects, use 'blurry' or 'hazy'; 'bleary' is tied to tired eyes.