blear

Meaning

Adj

1. Dim; unclear from water or rheum.
2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.
2. (transitive) To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim.
3. (transitive) To blur, make blurry.

Synonyms

bleary

muddy

turbid

hazy

cloudy

☁️

blur

haggard

blurred

shadowy

bleary-eyed

thick

cloud

☁️

vague

dim

dull

blear-eyed

blurry

fuzzy

gaunt

obscure

opaque

indistinct

inexplicit

lackluster

lacklustre

mist over

misty

muddied

murky

puddle

roil

roily

splashy

tarnish

twilight

woozy

opacify

mirky

crepuscle

abstruse

nebulose

ambiguous

barren

becloud

befog

bleariness

cover

crepuscule

cryptic

dark

Translations

θαμπός

annebbiare

trübe

φλογισμένος

çapaklı

αμαυρώνω

θολωμένος

θολώνω

φλογίζω

trüb

benebeln

neblig werden

einnebeln

verstecken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blere

Cognate with Low German: bleeroged

Cognate with Middle High German: blerre

Cognate with German: Blerre

Inherited from Middle English: bleren

Inherited from Old English: *blerian

In summary

From Middle English blere, related to Low German bleeroged (“bleareyed”), Middle High German blerre (“double vision”), German Blerre (“double vision”). Perhaps also related to blur.