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Meaning of BLOODSHOT

Pronunciation:  'blud`shât

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 Definition: [adj]  (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes"
 
 Synonyms: unhealthy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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