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bleary
  • s  tired to the point of exhaustion
  • s  indistinct or hazy in outline
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blebbed
  • s  (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material
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blebby
  • s  covered with small blisters
  • s  (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material
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blemished
  • v  mar or spoil the appearance of
  • v  mar or impair with a flaw
    her face was blemished
  • v  add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
  • a  marred by imperfections
  • s  having a blemish or flaw
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bleached
  • v  remove color from
    The sun bleached the red shirt
  • v  make whiter or lighter
  • s  having lost freshness or brilliance of color
    sun-bleached deck chairs
  • s  (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
    a bleached blonde
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bleak
  • s  offering little or no hope
    prospects were bleak
    Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge
  • s  providing no shelter or sustenance
    the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
  • s  unpleasantly cold and damp
    bleak winds of the North Atlantic
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blear
  • v  make dim or indistinct
  • s  tired to the point of exhaustion
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blended
  • v  combine into one
  • v  blend or harmonize
  • v  mix together different elements
  • a  combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable
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blessed
  • v  give a benediction to
    The dying man blessed his son
  • v  confer prosperity or happiness on
  • v  make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
  • v  render holy by means of religious rites
  • a  highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
    our blessed land
    the blessed assurance of a steady income
  • s  worthy of worship
  • s  expletives used informally as intensifiers
    not a blessed dime
    I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
  • s  Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
  • s  enjoying the bliss of heaven
  • s  characterized by happiness and good fortune
    a blessed time
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blest
  • v  give a benediction to
  • v  confer prosperity or happiness on
  • v  make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
  • v  render holy by means of religious rites
  • a  highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
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