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bloodshot (comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

1. (of the eyes) Reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels.

   She said she was perfectly fine but I could tell she was tired; her eyes were all bloodshot.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:

     Her back was toward the jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part, or the savage face that peered from between. Little, bloodshot, close-set eyes scanned her intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for indications of the presence of others than herself.