Bloodshot
['blʌdʃɒt] or ['blʌdʃɑt]
Definition
(adj.) (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; 'bloodshot eyes' .
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Definition
(a.) Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
Edited by Eva
Examples
- My eyes were bloodshot, starting from my head; every artery beat, methought, audibly, every muscle throbbed, each single nerve felt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He had thick bushy eyebrows, with little twinkling bloodshot eyes, surrounded by a thousand wrinkles. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tublat's little, close-set, bloodshot, pig-eyes shot wicked gleams of hate as they fell upon the object of his loathing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The heavy, bloodshot eyes of the schoolmaster, rising to his face with an effort, met his look of scrutiny. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His eyes were bloodshot, and he was somewhat inebriated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and he seemed to have forgotten that any one was by; he scowled at the watchers when he saw them. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The man's face was thin and very pale; his hair and beard were grizzly; his eyes were bloodshot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- His eyes were bloodshot and heavy, his face a deadly white, and his body bent as if with age. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His eyes were bloodshot and wild, and one sleeve had been torn away from his coat. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This, sir, was purple: the lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed: the black eyebrows widely raised over the bloodshot eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Why what bloodshot, draggled, dishevelled spectacle is this! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had been drinking, and his eyes were red and bloodshot. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Eva