rheumy in English

adjective
1
(especially of the eyes) full of rheum; watery.
The old rheumy eyes swivel audibly away from the mushroom cloud of dust now settling near the fireplace.
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1. Bleary Meaning: "blurred, rheumy, dim," late 14c., from blear + -y (2)

2. Creaky definition: of or pertaining to arthritis synonyms: rheumy, unhealthy, rheumatoid, rheumatic, arthritic antonyms: healthy, joyful, undamaged, diligent

3. 5 The polluted streets are crowded by people with pasty faces, running noses, rheumy eyes and strange, jerking motions.

4. 26 The polluted streets are crowded by people with pasty faces, running noses, rheumy eyes and strange, jerking motions.

5. Antonyms for Bleariest. 55 synonyms for bleary: dim, blurred, fogged, murky, fuzzy, watery, misty, hazy, foggy, blurry, ill-defined, indistinct, rheumy, dead, drained, exhausted

6. Blear (v.) "to dim (the vision) with tears, rheum, etc.," also "to have watery or rheumy eyes," early 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from an unrecorded Old English *blerian, which is perhaps related to blur.

7. ME blere, watery, rheumy < bleren, to have watery eyes, akin to Ger plärren, to bawl, cry < IE base * bhlē-, to howl, weep (of echoic orig.) > blare, bleat, L flere, to weep Blear in American …

8. Blear (v.) "to dim (the vision) with tears, rheum, etc.," also "to have watery or rheumy eyes," early 14c., of uncertain origin, possibly from an unrecorded Old English *blerian, which is perhaps related to blur.Related: Bleared; blearing.