Meanings
comparative more bloodshot · superlative most bloodshot
- 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.
1 more example
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.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὕφαιμος
- ὕφαιμος (húphaimos)reddened and inflamed
Arabic قِرْمِزِيّ
- قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)reddened and inflamed
Bulgarian кървясал, зачервен
- кървясал (kărvjasal)reddened and inflamed
- зачервенreddened and inflamed
Dutch bloeddoorlopen
- bloeddoorlopenreddened and inflamed
Finnish verestävä
- verestäväreddened and inflamed
French injecté
- injectéreddened and inflamed
German blutunterlaufen
- blutunterlaufenreddened and inflamed
Hindi क़िरमिज़ी
- क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)reddened and inflamed
Irish sreangach
- sreangachreddened and inflamed
Japanese 充血した
- 充血した (jūketsu shita)reddened and inflamed
Māori pūwhero, kohore
- pūwheroreddened and inflamed
- kohorereddened and inflamed
Persian قرمزی
- قرمزی (qermezi)reddened and inflamed
Polish przekrwiony
- przekrwionyreddened and inflamed
Portuguese injetado, raiado
- injetadoreddened and inflamed
- raiadoreddened and inflamed
Romanian injectat
- injectatreddened and inflamed
Russian нали́тый кро́вью, воспалённый
- нали́тый кро́вью (nalítyj króvʹju)reddened and inflamed
- воспалённый (vospaljónnyj)reddened and inflamed
Spanish sanguinolento, inyectado de sangre
- sanguinolentoreddened and inflamed
- inyectado de sangrereddened and inflamed
Swedish blodsprängd
- blodsprängdreddened and inflamed
Turkish kan çanağı gibi
- kan çanağı gibireddened and inflamed
Urdu قرمزی
- قرمزی (qirmizī)reddened and inflamed
Cite this entry
bloodshot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodshot
“bloodshot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodshot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bloodshot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodshot.
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