bloodshot

[ bluhd-shot ]

adjective

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

bloodshot

/ ˈblʌdˌʃɒt /

adjective

1. (of an eye) inflamed

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodshot¹

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

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.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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