bloodshot

English

Etymology

From blood +‎ shot.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bloodshot (comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

1. (of the eyes) 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.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:

     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.

Translations

reddened and inflamed

• Arabic: قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)
• Bulgarian: кървясал (kǎrvjasal), зачервен (за очи) (začerven (za oči))
• Cornish: gwythiek
• Dutch: bloeddoorlopen (nl)
• Faroese: blóðsprongdur
• Finnish: verestävä (fi)
• French: injecté (fr)
• German: blutunterlaufen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὕφαιμος (húphaimos)

• Hindi: क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)
• Irish: sreangach
• Japanese: 充血した (ja) (じゅうけつした, jūketsu shita)
• Macedonian: закрвавен (zakrvaven), вкрвавен (vkrvaven)
• Manx: jiarg
• Maori: pūwhero, kohore (referring to eyes)
• Mongolian: цус хурсан (cus xursan)
• Norman: coui (Jersey)
• Persian: قرمزی (fa) (qermezi)
• Portuguese: injetado (pt), raiado
• Russian: нали́тый кро́вью (nalítyj króvʹju), воспалённый (ru) (vospaljónnyj)
• Spanish: sanguinolento (es), inyectado de sangre
• Swedish: blodsprängd (sv)
• Turkish: kan çanağı gibi (tr)
• Urdu: قرمزی (qirmizī)