Having watery, tired, dim, or unclear eyes; seeing with difficulty; confused or vague in perception.
Compound of 'blear' (possibly Old Norse 'bleyra') + 'eyed' (Old English 'ēged' from 'ēge'). The compound adjective describes someone whose eyes are in a bleared condition.
Shakespeare used 'blear-eyed' constantly—it was his go-to way of describing people who were tired, old, drunk, or spiritually lost, all with one poetic phrase!
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