Definition of "bleary-eyed" [bleary-eyed]

• With eyes blurred or reddened, as from exhaustion or lack of sleep. (adjective)
• Dull of mind or perception. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""We didn't find out until 2 1/2 or 3 hours later what was going on," said Katya Funk, 18, a bleary-eyed freshman in a sweatsuit."
• "Late bedtimes and an 8am or 9am start mean many workers reach the office already bleary-eyed."
• "Lauded at Sundance, where its leads Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman and director won prizes, it's a brutal character study that takes a bleary-eyed look at the notion of redemption."