Definition of "blear-eyed" [blear•-eyed]

• Variant of bleary-eyed. (adjective)

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• "The chief was alone with his blear-eyed wife, but a glance sufficed to tell Mackenzie that the news was already told."
• "(London received $530 for this story on August 14, 1905.) "TO cook by your fire and to sleep under your roof for the night," I had announced on entering old Ebbits's cabin; and he had looked at me blear-eyed and vacuous, while Zilla had favored me with a sour face and a contemptuous grunt."
• "I had announced on entering old Ebbits's cabin; and he had looked at me blear-eyed and vacuous, while Zilla had favored me with a sour face and a contemptuous grunt."