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–adjective

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

[Origin: 1545–55; apocopated var. of blood-shotten. See blood, shotten

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adj. Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels: bloodshot eyes.

[From obsolete bloodshotten : blood + shotten, suffused, past participle of shoot.]

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bloodshot
adjective
(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes"

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ˈbloodshot adjective

(of eyes) full of red lines and inflamed with blood

Arabic:	مُحْتَقِنٌ بالدَّم
Chinese (Traditional):	充血的
Czech:	krví podlitý
Danish:	blodskudt
Dutch:	bloeddoorlopen
Estonian:	verd täis valgunud
Finnish:	verestävä
French:	injecté de sang
German:	blutunterlaufen
Greek:	ερεθισμένος, κατακόκκινος για μάτια
Hungarian:	véraláfutásos
Icelandic:	blóðhlaupinn
Indonesian:	mata merah
Italian:	iniettato di sangue

Japanese:	充血した
Korean:	충혈된
Latvian:	par acīm asinīm pieplūdis
Lithuanian:	krauju pasruvusios
Norwegian:	blodskutt
Polish:	nabiegły krwią
Portuguese (Portugal):	injectado
Romanian:	injectat
Russian:	воспалённый, налитый кровью
Slovak:	podliaty krvou
Slovenian:	podplut
Spanish:	inyectado
Swedish:	blodsprängd
Turkish:	kanlı, kanlannmış, kızarmış

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Bloodshot

Blood"shot`\, a. [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate.] Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.

His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. --Dickens.

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