Bloodshot Definition

blŭdshŏt
adjective
Red because the small blood vessels are swollen or broken.
Webster's New World

Origin of Bloodshot

  • From obsolete bloodshotten blood shotten suffused past participle of shoot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bloodshot Sentence Examples

  • His eyes were bloodshot and a little glassy.

  • Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot, her hair in a half-assed braid.

  • Dulce's eyes were bloodshot and her cheeks were covered with tears.

  • Her eyes were probably bloodshot and tears were beginning to blur her vision.

  • Her eyes were bloodshot but otherwise she looked pale lying on the sheets like a limp doll.

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