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View synonyms for bloodshot

bloodshot

[ bluhd-shot ]

adjective

  1. (of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels.


bloodshot

/ ˈblʌdˌʃɒt /

adjective

  1. (of an eye) inflamed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodshot1

1545–55; apocopated variant of blood-shotten. See blood, shotten
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Example Sentences

An officer with the DUI Unit made contact with Reid at the scene of the crash and “detected an odor of intoxicants and noted his eyes were bloodshot and red,” the charging document says.

He emerged with two fully covered arms, ringed with vines and bloodshot eyes.

When we reached high ground again the twilight was fading to a semicircle of bloodshot gray in the northwest.

Marius, paler than his stunning had left him, leaned more heavily against the door-post, and looked on with bloodshot eyes.

Presently a pair of bloodshot eyes were opened and looked dully round the room.

But he is black, and he has a staring bloodshot eye and shows a row of sharp white teeth.

He leaned heavily upon the table, and regarded Frank with stern, bloodshot blue eyes.

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