bleariness

6.7

A tired, unfocused feeling in the eyes that makes your sight blurry

noun
/ˈblɪriness/

: desenfoque

She rubbed her eyes to clear the bleariness that came from lack of sleep.

Examples

Through their bleariness gleamed a strange cold light that oddly made me think of the lake at night, of water so dark it seemed another element.

Fiction book (1994)
After staying up late studying, he woke up with a sense of bleariness in his eyes.
The bleariness of her vision made it difficult to read the small print on the page.

Synonyms

weariness

vsbleariness

20 3.1

A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind

focuses on outward unfocused, tired appearance rather than inner feeling of fatigue

drowsiness

vsbleariness

6 1.8

A feeling of being very sleepy and wanting to sleep

describes outward unfocused, tired appearance rather than the internal urge to sleep

blurriness

vsbleariness

2 4.5

A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture

adds tired, unfocused appearance in people rather than only lack of sharpness

glassiness

vsbleariness

7.3

A dull, unfocused look in the eyes often caused by illness or shock

is the same unfocused look but caused mainly by tiredness rather than illness

haggardness

vsbleariness

8.4

A look that shows someone is very tired and worn

is about eyes appearing unfocused or indistinct rather than general worn look

Antonyms

focus

794 3.5

Close attention to one subject or activity

clarity

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

How Blurry

fogginess

4.1

bleariness

6.7

clarity

152 3.0

Surface Forms

bleariness singular

blearinesses plural

Morphology

bleariness = bleary (transparent) = blear + y + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'bleary', yielding the state of being bleary, a clear and regular derivation.

Etymology

Bleariness comes from an old English word blear, meaning 'dim' or 'blurred' in the eyes, and it is like the common word bleary and reminds you of blur. So, bleariness is the state of being 'blurred' or unfocused, especially when you are tired.