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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

embaciado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽbasiˈadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bleary/ˈblɪəri/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14200 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele abriu os olhos embaciados e olhou para o relógio."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Of eyes, unfocused or dimmed from lack of sleep, tiredness, or weeping.

    "He rubbed his bleary eyes and tried to focus on the computer screen."
  2. 2

    Characterized by dimness or lack of clarity; blurred.

    "Through the bleary windowpane, the morning city lights looked like smears of gold."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, likely related to Old Norse or Low German roots concerning blurred vision or watery eyes. The term has evolved from primarily describing watery, inflamed eyes to any condition of vision or mental state that is unfocused, dull, or tired.

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