bloodshot
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- adjective
- /ˈblʌdʃɑt/
:
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- He woke up with bloodshot eyes and a terrible headache.
- bloodshot eyes
- bloodshot face
- rimmed and bloodshot
Both his eyeballs were completely bloodshot red, like, like scary red.
- Both his eyeballs were completely bloodshot red, like, like scary red.
- And it was, I yelled out, eyes bloodshot red.
- But number one, I have, I mean, like very bloodshot eyes, like, very, very bloodshot eyes, like patches of blood.
Examples
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His lined face quivered; his bloodshot eyes flicked nervously about the room.
Fiction book (1993) -
My eyes were so bloodshot that when I got home, Mother asked what was wrong.
Fiction book (1994) -
Do you also know that your eyes are bloodshot and your heart rate's through the roof?
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Right now, your eyes are bloodshot.
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Your eyes are all... bloodshot.
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Actually, they were just bloodshot, as usual, but the effect was the same.
Fiction book (2001) -
His eyes were bloodshot, his face sallow.
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I noticed her eyes were bloodshot, and I could see traces of tears on her cheeks.
Fiction book (1999) -
Morgan looked at him with bloodshot eyes, wiping his mouth on his pirate sleeve.
Fiction book (1994) -
Lisa's face was red, her eyes bloodshot, her face gleaming with streams of tears.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
Having red, painful eyes that feel uncomfortable and itch
Antonyms
How Red
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bloodshot joins blood and shot, where shot once meant 'sprinkled' or 'marked'. So a 'bloodshot' eye is one 'marked with blood', which explains why the word describes eyes that look red and sore.