Blear
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /blɪə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Blear is an adjective meaning (of eyes or vision) Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
Meaning
(of eyes or vision) Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
More Meanings
- Causing or caused by dimness of sight.
- (intransitive) To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.
- (transitive) To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim.
- (transitive, of an image) To blur, make blurry.
- Alternative form of blare
Example Sentences
your ſelf you cannot ſo diſguiſe:
The street-lamps blearing thro’ the rainy rout, Each like a winking, sickly evil-eye.
The Devil, now disguised as a half-wit peasant to Lars-Goren’s left, stood grinning, his blear eyes glittering.
Thus I hurle My dazling spells into the ſpungie aire Of power to cheate the eye with bleare illuſion, And give it falſe preſentments, […]
Word Forms
- bleer
- blears
- blearing
- bleared
Synonyms for blear
Depending on context, synonyms include bleary, tired, blur, bleary-eyed.
Antonyms for blear
Common opposites include focus, sharpen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bleary-eyed, blur, bleary, tired, fuzzy, dim.
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