bloodshot

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of the eyes, reddened because small blood vessels are swollen or more visible

   After the sleepless flight, his eyes were dry and bloodshot.

A compound of blood + shot, using an older sense of shot for something streaked or suffused throughout. The word describes the visible red vessels spreading across the white of an irritated eye.

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