BLOODSHOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodshot mean? 

• BLOODSHOT (adjective)
  The adjective BLOODSHOT has 1 sense:

1. (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed

  Familiarity information: BLOODSHOT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOODSHOT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed

Context example:

bloodshot eyes

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

 Context examples 

Hemorrhage within the anterior chamber of the eye; bloodshot.

(Hyphema, NCI Thesaurus)

The ruffian’s face was already flushed, and his eyes heavy and bloodshot.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This, sir, was purple: the lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed: the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He had drank wine that evening (or I fancied it), until his eyes were bloodshot.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The sharp ears were not pricked so sharply as he had seen them on other wolves; the eyes were bleared and bloodshot, the head seemed to droop limply and forlornly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

It was not that he looked many years older, though still dressed with the old scrupulous cleanliness; or that there was an unwholesome ruddiness upon his face; or that his eyes were full and bloodshot; or that there was a nervous trembling in his hand, the cause of which I knew, and had for some years seen at work.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)